In July of 2021, the IRC asked teenage girls in Afghanistan about their thoughts and fears for the future. 

The power of education shines through in Sierra Leone with the implementation of the Every Adolescent Girl Empowered and Resilient (EAGER) program. This program has created new and life-changing learning opportunities for 27,322 out-of-school girls ages 13-19 across 10 districts of Sierra Leone.

Drought in northern Kenya has left some 2.6 million people struggling to find enough to eat. Women and girls in Turkana County are being exploited in exchange for money to buy food. The International Rescue Committee is seeing an increase in violence against women, early and forced marriage, and women and girls engaging in transactional sex in order to procure food for their families as the region is gripped by near-famine.

Here’s a remarkable story of three refugee girls who all share a love for rock climbing, are from Myanmar (also known as Burma), live in Seattle, have formed a special friendship … and are all named Cing.  UPDATE - Nov 18, 2018: Read the New York Times story about the three Cings and the IRC program helping them to adjust to their new lives in the U.S.