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9 million Vaccine Doses Administered to Children Living in Humanitarian Settings in the Horn of Africa

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 ...
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What is happening to women and girls in Afghanistan?

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 ...
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10 women activists and leaders making the world a better place

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.
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Venezuelan women at high risk of experiencing psychological and physical violence at home and abroad, warns IRC

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 ...
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DRC: Women and children most at risk following recent escalation of violence, warns IRC

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 ...
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Children in Gaza need protection as hunger and injuries surge, IRC data shows

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 ...
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For Venezuelan women, gender-based violence is a widespread risk at home and abroad, warns IRC

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 ...
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IRC Welcomes Passage of US Humanitarian Aid, Supporting Communities on the Frontlines of Crisis in Ukraine, Gaza and Globally

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 ...
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New IRC data shows that hunger has increased for Rohingya refugees by nearly 60% in one year.

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 ...
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Media contacts

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 ...
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IRC is deeply concerned by funding cuts affecting over 370,000 Sudanese refugees in South Sudan

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 ...
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Crisis in Somalia: Aid workers hampered as needs rise

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 ...