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International humanitarian law aims to prevent and alleviate suffering in war without discrimination based on sex. But it does recognize that women face specific problems in armed conflict, such as sexual violence and risks to their health.read more

Armed conflict has turned thousands of Nigerian women into widows. Many are subjected to sexual violence and mental abuse.

Women in Iraq's conflict are repeatedly victims of displacement, rape, injury, and death.

The fighting in the region has been particularly brutal on Syrian women. Many are now the sole providers for their families.

Over the past thirteen years of conflict, Syrian women's lives were characterized by hardship, displacement, loss, and pain.

This spontaneous settlement in Adré, a Chadian border town of 12,000 inhabitants, has become a makeshift home to over 100,000 Sudanese refugees.

The ICRC urges all States to address violence against women in order to ensure a safe environment for women and girls.

As armed conflict in South Sudan continues to affect millions of civilians, women face problems such as sexual violence and risks to health.

The 2018 Global Research and Debate Cycle on Migration and Displacement aims to address in a comprehensive and multidisciplinary manner the humanitarian situation of vulnerable migrants, refugees and internally displaced people around the world. It brings together experts from academia, humanitarian and development sector, States and others to focus on the challenges and

Read how the ICRC works in the Central African Republic by helping displaced people including women, children and refugees.