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IRC psychologist named one of BBC's 100 Women of the year 2024
Samia has been chosen as one of the inspiring and influential women worldwide. This recognition is because of her essential role in offering psychological support to displaced communities in northeast Syria.
- Article
- December 10, 2024
Meet Ameera: the Syrian refugee finding confidence through safe spaces
With the help of the IRC’s EU-funded safe spaces, Ameera can have a support network to deal with the aftermath of displacement and war.
- Article
- September 26, 2023
Alone in Azraq: A Syrian teenager's story
Fifteen-year-old Samir became separated from his family after his home in Aleppo was attacked. He tells the IRC about his journey to Jordan and his hope to be reunited with his parents.
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- June 27, 2022
Fighting for their daughters: Syrian mothers open a school
Syrian mothers at Arbat camp in Iraq wouldn’t sit by as their daughters lost an education. Instead, they took action.
- Article
- June 27, 2022
Syrian voices from Greece
In interviews filmed by the International Rescue Committee's emergency response team in Greece, three Syrian refugees who made their way to the Greek island of Lesbos describe their harrowing experiences in Syria and why they had to leave.
- Video
- June 27, 2022
Syrian women refugees in Jordan: opportunity in the gig economy?
Many Syrian refugee women want to work but face hurdles. The gig economy, with protections for workers, could help change that.
- Report
- September 13, 2017
The will to learn: how education helps save young refugee lives
Life drastically changed for Dalal and the other young women after fleeing the conflict in Syria. They are among the 13.5 million people displaced by this devastating war, now in its eighth year.
- Article
- June 27, 2022
A Syrian boy in Lebanon experiences a moment of joy
Nine-year-old Maher discovered his love for photography after the IRC gave him a camera to photograph his friends.
- Video
- April 13, 2022
Why Syrian mothers are proud of their daughters
Meet resilient Syrian refugee mothers who are raising confident daughters—and won't let war, exile or an uncertain future stop them.
- Video
- June 22, 2022
Inside the Syrian Crisis: Social therapy in Jordan
Over 600,000 Syrian refugees are currently in Jordan, 80% of whom live in urban areas among Jordanian neighbors. In February the International Rescue Committee organized a two-week social-therapy workshop at our women's center in the city of Irbid that brought together Syrian refugee teenagers and their Jordanian counterparts.
- Video
- June 27, 2022