The International Rescue Committee spoke to Syrian men and women who have found temporary safety in Idlib—but worry they will be uprooted once more—about the places they escaped, and what they hope the future holds.

The International Rescue Committee is significantly scaling up our humanitarian response in northeastern Nigeria, where hunger and famine threaten people who have lived in the grip of Boko Haram terror over the past four years.

Over the past decade, the International Rescue Committee has been working with communities and tribal and cultural leaders in northern Uganda to reduce violence against women and girls and increase accountability of perpetrators.

Lorayne and her wife started their own business in Mexico City with support from the Resilient Futures program, a partnership between the International Rescue Committee and Citi Foundation. Read Lorayne's story.

The International Rescue Committee and Relief International carried out a multi-sector assessment to understand the urgent needs of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. Only the second needs assessment of the Rohingya refugee crisis to be completed, it reveals the scale of the crisis faced by the estimated half a million people arriving in Bangladesh, fleeing conflict in Rakhine State.

Syria has all but collapsed as the country’s civil war enters its seventh year.  On March 13, the International Rescue Committee released a new survey—the first of its kind—on Syrian children and learning. 

Reports of gender-based violence (GBV) are common in camps for refugees and displaced populations. In the Dadaab refugee camps in north-eastern Kenya, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and CARE International (CARE) implement programmes that aim to both respond to and prevent GBV.