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Pakistan: Health Care in Danger study undertaken in Karachi

The ICRC together with its Karachi partners APPNA Institute of Public Health, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre and Ziauddin University recently finished a study on violence against health personnel …

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Pakistan: Gift of independence, dignity for people with disability amid pandemic

Arif Khan has a dignified gait as he walks slowly up to his autorickshaw and gets ready for a ride just as he has been doing since he got the vehicle in February. Driving an autorickshaw in Bajaur …

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Central Sahel: Spike in violence leads to higher deaths, more than 1 million fleeing homes

14-09-2020 Geneva (ICRC) – Increasing violence in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger has led to a 62 per cent spike in deaths and more than a million [1] people being forced to flee their homes over the …

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She inspires: Breaking the bias this International Women's Day

… on the breadwinner’s juggling multiple jobs, to support my family of six. I also … used to work night and day, juggling multiple jobs, to support my family of six. I also …

Law and policy topic

Gaza: "I refuse to be displaced again"

Abdel Fattah Shamallakh standing on the balcony of his destroyed house, which is still under reconstruction. Abdel Fattah Shamallakh, 58, is retired. “I worked as a fisherman for 35 years when …

ICRC 2019 photo competition

Struggle for a better future: Overcoming crippling unemployment in Gaza and West Bank The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is happy to announce 2019 edition of its photo competition. …

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Nigeria: Saleh Shares his Story of Displacement

… on people's farms and engaged in menial jobs to get paid." With this support, Saleh …

Law and policy topic

Libya: ICRC inaugurates dormitory annexed to Benghazi Physical Rehabilitation Centre

On the 14th of December 2022, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) formally opened a newly constructed dormitory annexed to the Physical Rehabilitation Centre of Benghazi, east of …

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Ethiopia: ICRC covers school expenses for 40 underage ex-combatants and children of ex-combatants

… are daily labourers or engaged in irregular jobs with meagre income that cannot even feed …

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Laos: ASEAN discusses strategies to strengthen assistance for victims of unexploded ordnance

Luang Prabang (ICRC) – Twenty-four experts from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Viet Nam gathered in Luang Prabang today to discuss national policies and best practices that could benefit people injured …

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