The IRC Iraq Protection Needs Overview for October 2023 to March 2024 highlights significant challenges faced by internally displaced people (IDPs), returnees, refugees, and host communities, focusing on access to basic services, legal assistance, and the impacts of climate change. Key issues include heightened vulnerabilities, child labor, and barriers to accessing education and legal documentation.

Meet Betsy: Educator, Mother and Long-time IRC Volunteer

January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, dedicated to educating the public on how to prevent human trafficking. Through two anti-trafficking grants, the IRC in Silver Spring provides survivors of trafficking with rental assistance and case management services. Last year, the IRC in Silver Spring supported 43 survivors of trafficking to rebuild their lives in Maryland. 

New research on effective early childhood development programming in humanitarian settings.

The South Florida Human Trafficking Task Force (SFHTTF) was established in 2018, by the IRC in Miami with support from the Department of Justice and in collaboration with service providers, law enforcement agencies and individuals from the community. The purpose of the SFHTTF is to identify and protect survivors of human trafficking, prosecute traffickers and educate communities across South Florida about the impacts human trafficking has on the community.

This brief explores the relative costs of running these different professional development activities across nine programs in Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, and Pakistan.