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Thu, 31/05/2012 - 17:18
By George Rupp, President, IRC
The International Rescue Committee is deeply committed to protecting and empowering women and girls in crisis zones and countries recovering from war and disaster. And through the strong ties our staff has forged with...
Tue, 22/05/2012 - 10:39
IRC calls partner abuse a public health crisis that must be placed on humanitarian agendas
Women in post-conflict West Africa continue to suffer violence at alarming levels and with shocking frequency, but the primary threat to their safety is not...
Tue, 01/05/2012 - 10:02
Article: Clara Thompson, Photography: Liz Pender/The IRC
As international attention turns once more to the mounting conflict along the border of South Sudan, IRC-UK is shining a spotlight on the equally critical, yet woefully neglected, crisis...
Wed, 25/04/2012 - 11:59
After a long and brutal civil war, South Sudan voted in early 2011 to secede from Sudan.
The International Rescue Committee has been in the region for over 20 years and will continue providing the South Sudanese with urgent supplies and services and...
Mon, 23/04/2012 - 13:41
Photography and article by: Marion Dols, IRC health advisor
Hundreds of desperate Sudanese are arriving each day in South Sudan’s already overwhelmed Yida refugee camp, most of them women and children. They have fled ongoing fighting and...
Fri, 20/04/2012 - 18:33
Violence Against Women & Girls in South Sudan
“The hidden humanitarian crisis in the world’s newest nation”
The Associate Parliamentary Group for Sudan and South Sudan in conjunction with the International Rescue Committee UK...
Mon, 19/03/2012 - 15:28
Following on from the occasions of International Women’s Day and Mother’s Day we continue to take time to celebrate women’s outstanding global achievements.
Equally, we must recognise the many challenges and dangers affecting their...
Wed, 14/03/2012 - 10:43
Article: The IRC, Photography: Thatcher Cook/The IRC
Who are Joseph Kony and the LRA?
Ugandan Joseph Kony leads a rebel group called the LRA (the Lord’s Resistance Army) that has terrorised villagers in four countries in central Africa for...
Thu, 23/12/2010 - 16:47
Across the globe, women and girls face unspeakable violence. Yet thousands of people worldwide are fighting every day for a safer world for women. In the Wake Up Call, a new video series, the IRC features those individuals working to put an end to...
Thu, 10/12/2009 - 08:31
From 25 November to 10 December, the International Rescue Committee is observing the "16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence". Our colleagues in Ethiopia shared this story: In a small, thatched hut in a refugee camp on the Ethiopian...