Since October 2016, some 70,000 Muslim people fleeing insecurity in Myanmar have arrived in Bangladesh. Local people, like Cox's Bazar resident Shahina Begum, defy their own challenges to assist the …
08-03-2017 Beijing (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Regional Delegation for East Asia and the Chengdu Second People's Hospital in Sichuan Province entered into a …
We have long been working to prevent and end sexual violence in armed conflicts and to ensure that the countless victims – men, women, boys and girls – receive the help they need. In this document, …
Letina Mariam is a farmer in Mai Mine sub-zone, an area close to the Ethiopian border. The inhabitants of this area are among the Eritreans who bore the brunt of the border conflict between Eritrea …
This week, ICRC president Peter Maurer is in Ukraine, his second visit to the country since the conflict broke out almost three years ago. In this diary, he will share some impressions of the people …
Nanna Zerlang works for the ICRC in Sri Lanka, training the national police on international standards of policing. A former policewoman, she is currently the only woman working in this role for the …
Women have had and continue to have a tremendous impact in humanitarian work. Within the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), women risk their lives in war zones, visit detainees in …
Asmaa Al-Taib is a senior prosthetist and orthotist in South Darfur, Sudan. She is one of the few women working in her field at the ICRC-supported National Authority for Prosthetics and Orthotics. …
As a woman in Somalia, Halima Abdulle is well aware that leadership roles in her country have traditionally been reserved for men. But this reality didn't stop her from rising to the top of her …
Jessica holds Nyanene during a quiet moment as the girl’s mother snaps her fingers. Nyanene was hospitalized in Maiwut, South Sudan for a case of pneumonia exacerbated by malnutrition. CC BY-NC-ND / …
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