Albert Einstein is known as a genius, physicist and Nobel Laureate. While his theory of relativity changed the world, it wasn’t his only legacy. He was also a refugee and humanitarian, having inspired the founding of the organization that became the International Rescue Committee.

In honor of International Day of the Girl and Women's History Month, we asked boys and girls in our Unaccompanied Children program to share their hopes and dreams for women and girls around the world through paintings, drawings, and self-portraits.

the IRC is dedicated to helping people affected by conflict access mental health and psychosocial support. We work to ensure that people can receive care and manage treatment for themselves and their families, from the earliest stages of crisis through recovery.

It’s up to all of us to ensure the United States never again turns its back on the world’s most vulnerable people.

Every day, thousands of Venezuelans leave their country in search of safety and stability. Here is what you need to know about the unfolding crisis.

For the first time ever, a small team of international refugee athletes are competing at the Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil this year — representing the some 65 million people displaced by war, conflict and persecution.

The right to critical life-saving health services of 9.8 million Yemenis caught in the intractable civil war has not received adequate policy and media attention leading to a dire humanitarian crisis especially for mothers and children.

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.