Armed conflict displaces people from their homes and livelihoods. Women often have to cope with the loss of close relatives and find new way to support themselves and their families. The ICRC works to understand the specific needs of women displaced by war, in order to better help them. This film tells the story of five women displaced by conflict in Colombia, Liberia and Sudan. Although the contexts are different, the challenges these women face bear striking similarities.

The ICRC has been working in Liberia since 1970 to assist and protect displaced people and the most vulnerable communities. It does this by distributing much needed relief items, ensuring access to safe water and medical aid, tracing the parents of children separated from their families by the war and by visiting detainees in prisons throughout the country. This film offers a glimpse into the ICRC's activities in Liberia, helping people to become self-sufficient in a country ravaged by 14 years of armed conflict.

Torture is an affront to humanity and a crime. In addition, it feeds a cycle of violence, often engendering hatred not only among those who suffer directly but among entire communities. In places of detention ill-treatment and abuse is prevalent in many countries. The ICRC has produced a new TV spot and print ad to support its efforts to prevent torture and other forms of ill-treatment.

Uncertainty over the fate of a loved one causes untold suffering in wartime. This film captures how the ICRC Central Tracing Agency, together with Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies all over the world, works to alleviate this suffering. It illustrates the different means and methods used in the essential efforts to trace family members and to restore family links. From distributing Red Cross messages and organizing family reunifications to visiting persons deprived of their freedom, the work undertaken brings welcome news and relief to thousands of people every year.

The Missing: end the silence is a longer film (14 min.) also focusing on testimonials and is intended to heighten awareness of the issue of The Missing. It encourages action to be taken to resolve the problem and to guarantee the fundamental right of the families involved to know the fate of a missing relative.

"This film is trying to show now that all over the world there should be no child soldiers. I hope that in any country where there is a war, as long as they watch this film they have seen how we the children were destroyed." Tamba, former child soldier.
Tamba and other former child soldiers promote the message that children should not be recruited into armed forces or armed groups, nor take part in hostilities.

The Missing: the right to know is a short video (4 min. 30 sec.) which is ideal for opening meetings and discussions, providing a concise overview, through a series of testimonials, of the problem of those who remain unaccounted for.

As a supplement to the War and Displacement information kit, there are three short films which can be used to support War and Displacement presentations. The first film focuses on victims and highlights the challenges facing the Movement in its work on behalf of internally displaced persons and refugees. The other two films are taken from the Women facing War series.

Eleven women tell their own individual stories of how their lives have been affected by war. Coping with displacement, physical and sexual violence, missing relatives, widowhood, detention... challenges and difficulties that these and thousands of other women must face in their daily lives.

While the ICRC works to help all victims of conflict without distinction, its work around the world recognizes the specific needs of women facing war. This film explores how the ongoing work of the ICRC is beneficial to women affected by armed conflict shown here in the areas of emergency relief distribution, support for families with missing relatives, protection, health care and economic assistance.

In this enlightening film, former political prisoners from various countries describe their conditions of detention and tell of the positive effects that visits by ICRC delegates have on the lives of detainees.

The International Tracing Service (ITS) in Arolsen, Germany, was set up in 1943 in London to collect information on civilian victims of the Nazi regime. Half a century later, the ITS is in possession of 44 million documents and is still updating its files and replying to enquiries. The story of the ITS (administered by the ICRC since 1955) is told through the personal accounts of four survivors who speak of their harrowing experience in the camps and explain how the ITS was able to help them.