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Shifting social norms: a gender analysis of time poverty, paid work and masculinity in Jordan
In 2018, the IRC assisted over 120,000 Syrian refugees and low-income Jordanians to access healthcare, protection, education and income generation opportunities. One of the recent changes that IRC staff have noticed is that Syrian women are taking on more of an income earning role than was the norm back in Syria and that this is creating changes in household dynamics.
- Report
- 26 November 2019
Meet the Rohingya women demanding change
Rohingya refugees are the world’s largest stateless group and one of the most persecuted. More than 745,000 Rohingya have fled persecution in Myanmar’s Rakhine State to Cox’s Bazar, a district in neighbouring Bangladesh. There, the International Rescue Committee and its partners provide health care and protection for women and girls.
- Article
- 28 June 2023
European Elections 2024
Since the last European elections in 2019, the world has changed dramatically. The number of people in humanitarian need has more than doubled to nearly 300 million. Displacement has soared by almost 40% to 110 million. And the global population facing acute food insecurity has risen by 160% to almost 350 million.
- European Elections 2024
Mexico
Each day, families hope to cross the border from Mexico to the United States in search of safety. Staying is not a safe option – and the IRC is supporting programs in Mexican border towns to respond.
- Country
Education
During conflict and crisis, education protects children and sets them up for a better future. It provides a sense of hope and enables them to recover, learn and thrive. However, over 127 million children in countries affected by war and displacement are out of school, while many others receive only a poor quality education. Despite this great need, education has received less than 3% of all humanitarian aid in recent years.
- Outcome
Before it’s too late: Humanitarian organisations urge participants of the Paris Conference for Sudan and its Neighbouring Countries to take immediate action to prevent further suffering and death
- Statement
- 12 April 2024
Panel discussion: East Africa food crisis (November 2022)
The world today faces an unprecedented hunger crisis that requires a bold international response. There are currently six countries at immediate risk of famine - half of which are in East Africa: Somalia, Ethiopia and South Sudan. In Somalia, more than 50% of the population need emergency food aid.
- Video
- 17 November 2022
Syria Multi-Sector Needs Assessment - March 2024
The IRC conducted a multi-sector needs assessment in 2024, covering the sectors of Protection, Health, Education and Economic Wellbeing, to identify key needs to support humanitarian program design in the coming period. Findings show that humanitarian needs are at an all time high, particularly impacted by shifts in the context in 2023, including the earthquake in Turkiye and the highest levels of violence seen across northern Syria since 2020. Millions of individuals continue to be unable to meet their basic needs.
- Report
- 14 March 2024
Glossary
This glossary has been produced by the IRC to assist migration policymakers, members of the media, students and other relevant audiences with understanding complex terminology in the migration and asylum sector. Words listed in bold are other terms defined in this glossary.
Photo story: IRC health workers resolve to provide urgent primary and reproductive health services in Syria
As Syria has entered its fourteenth year of war, its health infrastructure has almost completely broken down and what remains of it is on the verge of collapse. With support from the EU, IRC teams have trained clinical staff and health workers providing reproductive health treatments to women in need.
- Article
- 2 July 2024