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.

This report serves as a call to action for private sector and international humanitarian actors to build on the initiative that city governments are showing in building inclusive communities for displaced populations.

The IRC and the Georgetown Institute for Women Peace and Security's briefing highlights the disadvantages displaced women and girls face in terms of their justice, inclusion and safety and calling for targeted support.

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) Emergency Watchlist 2022 is a call to action for global leaders and the general public.

Between 2019 and 2021, the IRC partnered with Catholic University Eichstaett-Ingolstadt and Tufts University for the Finance in Displacement (FIND) research project, which interviewed over 280 forcibly displaced persons (FDPs) in Jordan, Kenya, Uganda and Mexico. The final report brings to light the challenges FDPs face in accessing economic opportunities and puts forth a financial health framework for measuring progress against these challenges.

The report provides an overview of the severe humanitarian consequences of the U.S. policies at the U.S.-Mexico border. The first year of the US Administration has demonstrated the real dangers of border externalization—both to vulnerable migrants in need of protection and to the humanitarian organizations working to protect their rights and meet their basic needs. The IRC urges the Biden Administration to end policies of border externalization and to take the necessary actions to build a safe, orderly, and humane asylum process. The IRC calls for an immediate end to Title 42 and MPP.

This Annual Report highlights the IRC’s Ethics and Compliance Unit’s progress and its work in 2021.

This paper looks at strategies aimed at improving responsiveness and accountability in service delivery by supporting service users to act collectively to influence key decisions, monitor service quality and demand better services.

This paper explores the theory and practice of organizational development, in particular, the process through which INGOs work in partnership with their local staff and leadership to help strengthen partners’ ability to serve as effective service providers, public advocates and leaders.

This paper suggests several steps towards developing an explicit theory of change for a community-driven development (CDD) interventions.