Consortium negotiates access to reach 96% of communities in hard-to-reach areas across the region Conflict, displacement, and climate-driven droughts continue to hinder health access and control of ...
75% of those in need of humanitarian assistance are women and children. Women and children have comprised 46% of civilian deaths and injuries in the last year We could see increases in violence ...
Inevitably, women and girls are most affected by crisis. They experience increased gender-based violence, while a loss of income can put them more at risk of child marriage or other forced marriage.
New York, NY, November 29, 2023 — Gender-based violence continues to be a top risk for women and girls who have been impacted by the humanitarian situation in Venezuela—including those displaced to ...
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, November 2, 2023 — The most recent escalation of violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has resulted in a significant increase in the number of ...
Amman, Jordan, September 24, 2025 — Children in Gaza continue to bear the brunt of war, following nearly two years of Israeli bombardment and the Israeli military’s latest ground operation in Gaza ...
The IRC identified psychological violence as the most common type reported by Venezuelan women that participated in programs in Colombia (40%), Peru (38%) and Venezuela (64%). Current or former ...
Washington D.C , April 24, 2024 — The International Rescue Committee (IRC) welcomes the passage of a $9 billion global humanitarian aid package that will avoid sharp U.S. cuts in the midst of near ...
In 2022-2023, nearly half of Rohingya refugee children showed physical signs of malnutrition, including 15% of children aged between 6 months to 5 years In 2023, less than half of children aged ...
New York, NY, October 10, 2025 — The International Rescue Committee (IRC) warmly welcomes the adoption of the first phase of a peace plan for Gaza, which includes expanded humanitarian access into ...
Juba, South Sudan, June 11, 2025 — The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is deeply concerned about the devastating impact of global funding cuts, which have led UN agencies that support the IRC to ...
Update—July 19, 2022: With a catastrophic famine looming on the horizon across East Africa, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) has released its first ever Crisis Alert update to its annual ...