Four reasons why South Sudan ranks fifth on the International Rescue Committee’s 2025 Emergency Watchlist.

Sixty million people are fleeing their homes, two-thirds within their own countries and the rest crossing borders to seek refuge. While the world has never been more generous in responding, offering $28 billion in 2015, the $15 billion gap between humanitarian needs and available financing has never been so wide. We need better aid to make the greatest impact with scarce resources and overcome the challenges of modern displacement.

This brief presents new analysis on how the war is impacting the wellbeing of children at home, how the IRC's partnership with Sesame Workshop - Ahlan Simsim - is providing solutions for these children, and the actions the international community must take to avoid losing ten more years of childhood to war.

Modernizing The U.S. Refugee Response Overseas

No matter where women are, they face threats of violence. Here's what must be done to tackle gender inequality—the root cause of violence against women.

Find out what refugees who fled from Ukraine to Poland are experiencing—and see how the International Rescue Committee helps.