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At Cipriani: 2012 Women Refugee Voices of Courage

Jim Luce | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Women?S Issues, Women?S Refugee Commission, Sri Lanka, Refugees, Irc, International Rescue Committee, Oiww, 2012 Women Refugee Voices of Courage, James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation, Global Fund for Women, Nicaragua, Rim Tekie Solomon, Red Cross, Npr, Texas, Social Responsibility, Haiti, Olga Cantarero, Israel, Sudan, Orphans International Worldwide, Rwanda, Impact News
Jim Luce

This year, a luncheon hosted by the Women's Refugee Commission focused on the need to protect and empower displaced adolescent girls -- one of the most vulnerable groups within a refugee setting.

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Why The "Kony 2012" Campaign Should Make Travelers Uncomfortable

Steve Bramucci | Posted 05.13.2012

Read More: Kony 2012, Uganda, Travel, Irc, Invisible Children, Kony 2012 Video, Jason Russell, Travel News
Steve Bramucci

The children of Northern Uganda deserve your concern, energy and money. Travelers know that context is everything.

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For Two Refugee Families an Ocean Apart, the Joy and Promise of a New Home

Sarah Wayne Callies | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Thailand, Human Rights, International Rescue, International Rescue Committee, Irc, Bangkok, Refugees, Thailand Refugees, Impact News
Sarah Wayne Callies

My journey takes me across an ocean and the International Date Line. Three movies, four TV shows, half a novel and a long nap later, here I am in Bangkok.

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PHOTOS: Somalia Famine Baby Back From Brink Of Death

AP | By KATHARINE HOURELD | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Somalia Baby, Video, Minhaj Gedi Farah, Somalia Famine, East Africa Famine, International Rescue Committee, Somalia, Irc, Famine in Africa, Somalia Famine Baby, Impact News

By KATHARINE HOURELD, Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya -- As Minhaj Gedi Farah lay silently on a hospital bed three months ago, even his mother had ...

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The International Rescue Committee: 'Spotlighting Forgotten Countries After Spurt Of Media Attention'

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Members Project, Irc, Melissa Winkler, Impact News, Amex, Impact News

One of the winners of the first round of funding from Members Project from American Express, The International Rescue Committee works in war and dis...

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$500,000 Raised for Flood Relief in Pakistan at New Yorker Benefit

Rahim Kanani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pakistan Floods, Human Rights, New York City, Pakistan, International Rescue Committee, John Legend, Humanitarian Aid, Irc, Fundraising, New York News
Rahim Kanani

"Ultimately, we were underestimating ourselves, but more importantly, we were underestimating our friends, neighbors, colleagues, and New Yorkers in general."

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A Mother's Journey

Heidi Lehmann | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sexual Violence, Womens Rights, Violence Against Women, Mothers Day 2010, International Rescue Committee, Irc, Mothers Day, Sierra Leone, Domestic Abuse, Impact News
Heidi Lehmann

In honor of Mother's Day, I would like to share with you the story of a young woman in Sierra Leone, standing up to inequality, so that her daughter wouldn't have to experience violence and abuse.

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World Refugee Day Illustrates Global Refugee Crisis

Charity Tooze | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Human Rights, Human Rights First, Iraq, Irc, Un, Charity Tooze, Refugees, Recession, Politics News
Charity Tooze

World Refugee Day is the one-day of the year created to draw the world's attention to the most vulnerable and disenfranchised people: refugees.

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A Better Future for Haitian Women

Melissa Winkler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Haiti Tents, Haiti Displacement, Haitian Women, International Rescue Committee, Irc, Hygiene Kits, Haiti Sexual Violence, Women's Organization's Haiti, Women's Health Haiti, Haiti Earthquake, Haiti Tent City, Haiti Earthquake Relief, Haiti Relief, Kay Famn, Women's Rights Haiti, UN Population Fund, Cash-for-Work Programs Haiti, Haiti Women, Impact News
Melissa Winkler

After the earthquake hit, thousands of Haitian women and girls suddenly found themselves packed into unsafe camps. The International Rescue Committee is providing much needed supplies to women in Haiti.

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Data Bombshell Crushes Congolese Death Reports

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: International Rescue Committee, Drc, Iraq War, Mainstream Media, World News, Academic Bias, Turf Wars, Civilian Casualties, War in Congo, Friends of Congo, Irc, Congo War, Media Bias, Lancet, Scientific Method, Science, False Data, Polling, Academia, Coleen Rowley, Human Security Report Project, Media News, World News
Georgianne Nienaber

A bunker-busting academic data bomb has just been dropped on the long suffering Congolese people after the release of a report by the Human Security Report Project at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver.

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Eastern Congo: "We are Forced to Flee Every Two Months"

Peter Biro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: North Kivu, International Rescue Committee, South Kivu, Mungote Camp, Irc, Slideshow, Mount Nyamulagira, Congo, Impact News
Peter Biro

"Many people were killed in the crossfire," Ruti says, as she escorts me to her makeshift shelter. "I saw bodies lying dead in the street. The only thing I managed to bring with me was a frying pan. "

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Looking Beyond Somalia's Pirates And Into Kenya's Refugee Camps (SLIDESHOW)

International Rescue Committee/HuffPost Contributor | Joanne Offer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slideshow, Somalia Pirates, United Nations, International Rescue Committee, United Nations Africa, Dabaab Kenya, Kenya Refugee Camps, Somali Refugees, Irc, Dabaab, Kenya Refugees, Kenya, Africa, Somalia Islamic Insurgents, Dabaab Camps, Somalia, Islamic Insurgents, Somali Government, Somali Refugees Kenya, World News

I'm going to hazard a guess. If I mention Somalia, you'll think of warlords and pirates. Because that's what the media headlines have highlighted. Wha...

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Fighting Child Labor, Trafficking In Liberia (SLIDESHOW)

Huffington Post Contributor | Emily Holland, International Rescue Committee | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Child Labor, Slideshow, Child Labor Liberia, Child Trafficking, Child Labor Africa, International Rescue Committee, Africa, Liberia, Irc, Child Trafficking Liberia, Child Trafficking Africa, World News

Colonel Richard Gonkarnue has one of the toughest jobs in Nimba County, Liberia: to combat child labor and trafficking at one of several checkpoints ...

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Kenya: One Year After Elections Unleashed Brutal Violence, How Is The Country Coping? (Slideshow)

Joanne Offer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slideshow, Africa, Violence in Kenya, Kenya, Kenya One Year Anniversary, International Rescue Committee, Irc, Kenya Elections, December 2007 Kenya, World News
Joanne Offer

It's almost a year since Kenya went from being known as a land of big cats and safaris to a country beset by brutal mob violence; a place where a church full of worshipers could be set ablaze.

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