Few arrive at their destinations with anything but the necessities of life. The International Rescue Committee asked a mother, a child, a teenager, a pharmacist, an artist, and a family of 31 to share the contents of their bags and show us what they managed to hold on to from their homes. Their possessions tell stories about their past and their hopes for the future.

​​​​​​Back to school nerves are common, but refugee and asylum-seeking students can often face extra challenges. The International Rescue Committee's Healing Classrooms programme supports educators to develop inclusive learning spaces where refugee and asylum-seeking students feel safe and welcome. 

As thousands of refugees are stranded or risking their lives trying to transit through Bulgaria, Serbia and Hungary in extremely cold weather, the International Rescue Committee and its partners in Serbia are providing winter relief, including clothing, medicine and other emergency aid in some of the most challenging locations.

On the tenth anniversary of the war in Syria, the International Rescue Committee spoke with 10-year-olds and their parents about growing up knowing nothing but war.

Here are five reasons the International Rescue Committee’s Emergency Watchlist ranks Myanmar among countries most at risk of worsening humanitarian crisis in 2022.

From major cities to remote villages, women and girls worldwide face harassment, violence, discrimination and a lack of equal opportunities. Their lives are threatened, their potential robbed. This is especially – brutally – true for women and girls in the world’s conflict zones. According to International Rescue Committee violence prevention experts, the toughest places to be a woman today are: