Why Not Local? (Arabic)

This report provides new evidence and builds on previous policy research by the International Rescue Committee (IRC), which for years has called for urgent attention to women and girls’ needs and priorities in humanitarian crises. Building from existing frameworks – including the Call to Action on Protection from GBV in Emergencies, the Generation Equality Forum, and the Grand Bargain – we call on humanitarian actors to fulfil their commitments and increase the prioritisation of GBV interventions in humanitarian crises.

Progress and challenges in ensuring life-saving services and reducing risks of violence for women and girls in emergencies

As a follow up to last year’s report “A Decade of Destruction”, this factsheet has been produced to help raise awareness on continued violence against health care in Syria.

The IRC releases the results of groundbreaking research on preventing violence against children by focusing on the most important people in their lives: their caregivers.