Every year on World Refugee Day, the United Nations releases the updated number of individuals displaced around the world by conflict, disaster and persecution. In 2024, more than 100 million individuals are forcibly displaced from their homes.

The war in Syria destroyed Hila’s house. Now she lives in a camp, far from most of her family. Learn how she finds the support she needs to cope.

To better assess and respond to the unique needs of refugee women, the International Rescue Committee, with grant support from BlackRock, embarked on a two-year research and implementation program in Niger, Kenya and Germany.

More than 6 million people have fled Ukraine, mostly women and children, while 8 million remain displaced inside the country, all of them in urgent need of humanitarian aid. Here’s how the IRC is helping.

Signpost, led by the IRC, provides digital hubs offering life-saving information to crisis-affected communities. Operating in nearly 30 countries and 25 languages, it uses tools like service mapping and AI to empower displaced individuals.

The Biden-Harris Administration has taken important and crucial steps to provide relief to the most vulnerable populations abroad, such as through the American Rescue Plan’s supplemental funding for the international response; contributions to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance; and commitments to provide 500 million vaccine doses and donate another 80 million excess doses to low- and middle-income countries. But vaccine donations alone are insufficient; they must be complemented by clear plans for and investments in the efficient and rapid delivery of doses, with careful attention to areas not reached by national governments.