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Wed, 20/06/2012 - 10:00
The photographs above were taken by the IRC's Liz Pender in and around the Yida refugee camp in South Sudan, to which tens of thousands of refugees have fled in recent months, following fighting in northern Sudan.
Photgraphy: Liz Pender/The IRC...
Fri, 15/06/2012 - 17:05
Article: Ned Colt, Stefano Gelmini, Dominique Tuohy, Photography: Ned Colt, Peter Biro/The IRC
They walk for miles in a long, single file across the Syrian Desert on a moonlit night, or sit crammed into the back of a rusty truck trundling across the...
Thu, 14/06/2012 - 12:19
Article by Sinziana Demian/The IRC, Photo: Dieudonne Bahiga/The IRC
Ask Josephine Selembe about the most remarkable thing that ever happened in her village, and she will not waver: “Tuungane!” is her answer.
Several men and women...
Wed, 13/06/2012 - 16:02
International Rescue Committee medical teams are now treating patients at two medical clinics serving Syrian refugees in Jordan. The IRC has expanded aid efforts in Jordan following an influx of tens of thousands of Syrians fleeing fighting at home...
Wed, 13/06/2012 - 13:55
Article by: Stefano Gelmini, Photo: Bikya Masr, March 2012
Ongoing conflict and mounting insecurity are precipitating an already severe food crisis in Yemen, pushing the country closer to a full-blown humanitarian disaster. The International Rescue...
Mon, 11/06/2012 - 16:19
Violence against Syrians has continued to escalate over the past few weeks, with more than 100 people killed in Houla according to the U.N., including 34 women and 49 children. The IRC continues to support displaced Syrian women and families in...
Fri, 08/06/2012 - 11:02
Syrian citizens continue to flee their homes and villages to escape a surge of violence that began earlier this week with the brutal killings of more than 100 people in Houla, many of them women and children.
The number of internally displaced...
Thu, 31/05/2012 - 17:44
Globally, approximately 1 in 3 women will experience violence during her lifetime, often at the hands of an intimate partner. The cost of this violence on women, on communities and on the development of nations—especially those recovering from...
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...
Thu, 31/05/2012 - 16:18
Article By Sanj Srikanthan, International Rescue Committee emergency deputy field director, Photo: Hanna Taylor/IRC
In a community health centre in Mali’s southern Kati district, mothers wait in the dry heat to have their hungry children...