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Long journey to Texas
Last year, the Governor of Texas declared that the state would no longer accept Syrian refugees, citing security concerns after the horrific attacks in Paris. The state demanded that the International Rescue Committee halt its resettlement programs or face a lawsuit. A federal judge on June 16, 2016 dismissed the lawsuit that would have banned refugee resettlement in Texas.
- Video
- April 13, 2022
Brave Girl Rising trailer
This International Women’s Day, Girl Rising, the nonprofit behind the global campaign for girls’ education and empowerment, debuts a powerful new short film titled Brave Girl Rising.
- Video
- June 27, 2022
Spend a day with an IRC mobile health team in Yemen
In Yemen, which has entered its eighth year of war, the International Rescue Committee delivers lifesaving health care through mobile health clinics. Meet Dr. Mohsen Fadel, a general practitioner who leads the IRC mobile health team in a city in the south of Yemen, and go inside our work. Read more about the IRC's mobile health clinics.
- Video
- July 28, 2022
Watch as Sesame Workshop and IRC help refugee children during COVID-19
Ahlan Simsim, created by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and Sesame Workshop, is an early childhood development program that gives millions of refugee and displaced children and their families in Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq the support they need to cope with crises and build a brighter future. The program has adapted to COVID-19 by providing caregivers with learning activities for their children via WhatsApp.
- Video
- April 13, 2022
On "60 Minutes": Educating the youngest refugees
The International Rescue Committee and Sesame Workshop are working together to give refugee children a chance at a brighter future. "Less than two percent of all humanitarian aid funding goes on education, even though half of the world's refugees are kids," says IRC president and CEO David Miliband in an interview about the partnership that aired on "60 Minutes" on November 17.
- Video
- June 27, 2022
A Syrian boy in Lebanon experiences a moment of joy
Nine-year-old Maher discovered his love for photography after the IRC gave him a camera to photograph his friends.
- Video
- April 13, 2022
The power of working refugee women
Our research shows that refugee women could generate up to $1.4 trillion to annual global GDP if employment and wage gaps were closed.
- Video
- April 13, 2022
Meet Hamida: A photographer and Syrian refugee, capturing moments in Jordan
"I feel that I and the camera are inseparable. Wherever I go, it must be." Ten years ago, Hamida was forced to start her life again after her family left Syria due to conflict.
- Video
- July 17, 2024
Overcoming Incredible Odds, IRC Client Graduates
Former International Rescue Committee (IRC) client Patrick Karera -- a Congolese refugee who fled violence in his home country and overcame extensive health complications -- graduated from high school this spring. IRC staff were present to cheer him on.
- Announcement
- September 13, 2016
Data Justice: The Overlooked Humanitarian Challenge
In January of this year, International Rescue Committee, International Medical Corps, Terres des Hommes, Oxfam, and the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, hosted a technical panel to discuss the datafication of humanitarian work and how we can center data justice in future efforts. Data justice explores the relationship between datafication and social justice. It looks at the impacts of data-driven processes on different populations. A data justice lens in humanitarian settings, then looks at how humanitarian data initiatives typically affect local risk and resilience as well as oppression, equity, and shifts in power. Several themes came out of the panel attended by institutional donors and other practitioners, outlined in the report.
- Report
- March 23, 2023