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Where are we in advancing women's rights?
In the fall of 1995, then-first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton told an audience of world leaders and activists gathered in Beijing for the Fourth World Conference for Women: “Human rights are women's rights….And women's rights are human rights.” That conference resulted in more than a famous speech: it produced the Beijing Platform for Action, a roadmap for gender equality across the globe. Twenty-five years later, how far have we come in ad
- Video
- April 13, 2022
New IRC paper calls for fair funding and real partnerships for women’s groups tackling Gender-Based Violence in Yemen
- Press Release
- July 2, 2025
Goldman Sachs supports refugees during Women’s History Month
Goldman Sachs’ employees learned about IRC in Salt Lake City women’s empowerment programming and held a month-long donation drive in honor of Women’s History Month to support newly resettled refugees in our community.
- Announcement
- June 22, 2022
On International Women's Day, IRC calls for the protection of displaced women in Mexico
- Press Release
- March 7, 2023
Impossible nowhere: Family planning for women and girls in crises
Family planning is one of the most life-saving and empowering interventions in health. Yet misguided assumptions are restricting it from the women and girls who need it most.
- Report
- November 1, 2015
An unexpected way to help refugee women overcome risks in their daily lives
Learn how an interactive comic book the International Rescue Committee created for Syrian women in Lebanon helps them navigate the challenges of life as a refugee and make informed decisions that can help them stay safe.
- Video
- June 27, 2022
Ruled out of work: Refugee women’s legal right to work
This briefing assesses the impact of the law on refugee women’s right to work and access economic opportunities in high refugee hosting countries.
- Report
- December 16, 2019
What happened? How the humanitarian response to COVID-19 failed to protect women and girls
A new IRC report brings forward the voices of 852 refugee and displaced women living in some of the most underfunded and forgotten humanitarian crises in 15 African countries to learn how the pandemic and the humanitarian response to it has affected their safety.
- Report
- October 12, 2020
The IRC, 7 For All Mankind and Alex Nechita: Partnership for International Women's Day
In honor of International Women's Day, 7 For All Mankind partnered with globally acclaimed artist and philanthropist Alexandra Nechita to design bespoke pieces in support of the International Rescue Committee to celebrate women everywhere.
- Announcement
- March 5, 2024
What women need most after life in isolation under ISIS
For two long years, women and girls in Mosul were kept inside by ISIS, away from the outside world – and each other. After escaping to camps east of the city, women say that what they need most is space to be together.
- Slideshow
- June 22, 2022