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Over half of all survivors of gender-based violence have lost access to critical support services after the complete suspension of essential funding in Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Nigeria.
Urgent and sustained funding is vital to ensure timely access to care.
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Urgent and sustained funding is vital to ensure timely access to care.
www.rescue.org/press-releas...
New IRC data shows thousands of women and girls at risk as aid cuts cripple gender-based violence services in West Africa | The IRC
More than half of all survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) have lost access to critical support services following the initial complete suspension of essential funding in Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali...
www.rescue.org
December 1, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Over half of all survivors of gender-based violence have lost access to critical support services after the complete suspension of essential funding in Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Nigeria.
Urgent and sustained funding is vital to ensure timely access to care.
www.rescue.org/press-releas...
Urgent and sustained funding is vital to ensure timely access to care.
www.rescue.org/press-releas...
With the right investment and collective action, a world free of violence against women and girls is possible.
During #16DaysOfActivism, here's how organisations across South Asia and Africa are working to tackle gender-based violence with support from the @ww2preventvawg.bsky.social consortium. ⬇️
During #16DaysOfActivism, here's how organisations across South Asia and Africa are working to tackle gender-based violence with support from the @ww2preventvawg.bsky.social consortium. ⬇️
The UK-funded What Works initiative has proved that preventing violence against women & girls is possible. This #16DaysOfActivism we’re celebrating our inspiring community of Grantee Partners tackling violence against women and girls through What Works II.
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16 Days of Activism 2025: How What Works II is Tackling VAWG
We strive to eliminate violence against women and girls on a global scale.
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December 1, 2025 at 12:18 PM
With the right investment and collective action, a world free of violence against women and girls is possible.
During #16DaysOfActivism, here's how organisations across South Asia and Africa are working to tackle gender-based violence with support from the @ww2preventvawg.bsky.social consortium. ⬇️
During #16DaysOfActivism, here's how organisations across South Asia and Africa are working to tackle gender-based violence with support from the @ww2preventvawg.bsky.social consortium. ⬇️
“We spoke to a girl of 13 carrying a baby, and she had no clue where her mother, her four brothers, her older sister were, because they had been separated."
Hundreds of unaccompanied children are fleeing violence in El Fasher, Sudan. More from IRC's Arjan Hehenkamp in TIME: time.com/7336775/suda...
Hundreds of unaccompanied children are fleeing violence in El Fasher, Sudan. More from IRC's Arjan Hehenkamp in TIME: time.com/7336775/suda...
Hundreds of Unaccompanied Children Arrived in This Sudanese Town
Some of their parents were murdered. Some were separated. Hundreds of children are now without their parents.
time.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
“We spoke to a girl of 13 carrying a baby, and she had no clue where her mother, her four brothers, her older sister were, because they had been separated."
Hundreds of unaccompanied children are fleeing violence in El Fasher, Sudan. More from IRC's Arjan Hehenkamp in TIME: time.com/7336775/suda...
Hundreds of unaccompanied children are fleeing violence in El Fasher, Sudan. More from IRC's Arjan Hehenkamp in TIME: time.com/7336775/suda...
Today's migration figures show that most people arriving on small boats are fleeing crisis & conflict in places like Sudan, Eritrea & Afghanistan.
Deterrence policies won't end people's need for safety. The government should focus on expanding safe routes & helping refugees to rebuild their lives.
Deterrence policies won't end people's need for safety. The government should focus on expanding safe routes & helping refugees to rebuild their lives.
November 27, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Today's migration figures show that most people arriving on small boats are fleeing crisis & conflict in places like Sudan, Eritrea & Afghanistan.
Deterrence policies won't end people's need for safety. The government should focus on expanding safe routes & helping refugees to rebuild their lives.
Deterrence policies won't end people's need for safety. The government should focus on expanding safe routes & helping refugees to rebuild their lives.
Northern regions of Somalia are now facing their third consecutive season of poor rains.
Without urgent humanitarian action, malnutrition rates are set to rise sharply, as dry conditions devastate livelihoods, dry up water sources and deplete pastures.
More: www.rescue.org/press-releas...
Without urgent humanitarian action, malnutrition rates are set to rise sharply, as dry conditions devastate livelihoods, dry up water sources and deplete pastures.
More: www.rescue.org/press-releas...
IRC launches anticipatory response to escalating drought threat in Somalia as third consecutive failed rainy season looms | The IRC
IRC launches anticipatory response to escalating drought threat in Somalia as third consecutive failed rainy season looms
www.rescue.org
November 26, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Northern regions of Somalia are now facing their third consecutive season of poor rains.
Without urgent humanitarian action, malnutrition rates are set to rise sharply, as dry conditions devastate livelihoods, dry up water sources and deplete pastures.
More: www.rescue.org/press-releas...
Without urgent humanitarian action, malnutrition rates are set to rise sharply, as dry conditions devastate livelihoods, dry up water sources and deplete pastures.
More: www.rescue.org/press-releas...
Palestinians in Gaza need a major surge in aid as winter conditions set in.
IRC teams report that rains have already flooded makeshift shelters, leaving thousands exposed to wind and cold temperatures.
Last winter, the UN reported children and infants dying from hypothermia in displacement camps.
IRC teams report that rains have already flooded makeshift shelters, leaving thousands exposed to wind and cold temperatures.
Last winter, the UN reported children and infants dying from hypothermia in displacement camps.
November 26, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Palestinians in Gaza need a major surge in aid as winter conditions set in.
IRC teams report that rains have already flooded makeshift shelters, leaving thousands exposed to wind and cold temperatures.
Last winter, the UN reported children and infants dying from hypothermia in displacement camps.
IRC teams report that rains have already flooded makeshift shelters, leaving thousands exposed to wind and cold temperatures.
Last winter, the UN reported children and infants dying from hypothermia in displacement camps.
URGENT: In Gaza, IRC teams report that recent rains have flooded makeshift shelters, leaving thousands exposed to wind and freezing nights.
Palestinians in Gaza need a major surge of humanitarian aid before winter conditions set in further. Every hour counts.
www.rescue.org/press-releas...
Palestinians in Gaza need a major surge of humanitarian aid before winter conditions set in further. Every hour counts.
www.rescue.org/press-releas...
Ceasefire in Gaza has not brought promised levels of aid as winter conditions threaten even more lives | The IRC
Ceasefire in Gaza has not brought promised levels of aid as winter conditions threaten even more lives
www.rescue.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM
URGENT: In Gaza, IRC teams report that recent rains have flooded makeshift shelters, leaving thousands exposed to wind and freezing nights.
Palestinians in Gaza need a major surge of humanitarian aid before winter conditions set in further. Every hour counts.
www.rescue.org/press-releas...
Palestinians in Gaza need a major surge of humanitarian aid before winter conditions set in further. Every hour counts.
www.rescue.org/press-releas...
"We must have the moral bandwidth to be able to care about Gaza and about Sudan. We have more resources than at any time in human history to do more good for more people. We cannot be in a situation where you choose your conflict."
David Miliband on @slate.com's podcast: slate.com/podcasts/wha...
David Miliband on @slate.com's podcast: slate.com/podcasts/wha...
Sudan on the Brink
Darfur is “the epicenter of human suffering,” according to the UN’s humanitarian chief.
slate.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:53 PM
"We must have the moral bandwidth to be able to care about Gaza and about Sudan. We have more resources than at any time in human history to do more good for more people. We cannot be in a situation where you choose your conflict."
David Miliband on @slate.com's podcast: slate.com/podcasts/wha...
David Miliband on @slate.com's podcast: slate.com/podcasts/wha...
As Ukraine heads into another brutal winter, many people in rural & frontline areas are struggling to get the medical support they need.
Chronic conditions are worsening. 1 in 5 families in frontline areas suffers from health issues linked to cold indoor temperatures:
www.rescue.org/press-releas...
Chronic conditions are worsening. 1 in 5 families in frontline areas suffers from health issues linked to cold indoor temperatures:
www.rescue.org/press-releas...
IRC: As Temperatures Plummet, Patients in Rural Ukraine Struggle to See a Doctor | The IRC
As Ukraine heads into another brutal winter amid ongoing conflict, people in rural and frontline communities face increasing difficulty accessing the healthcare they need. Chronic conditions are worse...
www.rescue.org
November 20, 2025 at 10:42 AM
As Ukraine heads into another brutal winter, many people in rural & frontline areas are struggling to get the medical support they need.
Chronic conditions are worsening. 1 in 5 families in frontline areas suffers from health issues linked to cold indoor temperatures:
www.rescue.org/press-releas...
Chronic conditions are worsening. 1 in 5 families in frontline areas suffers from health issues linked to cold indoor temperatures:
www.rescue.org/press-releas...
"It should be sacrosanct that you aren't sent back to danger. The countries with the most people crossing the Channel are Sudan & Afghanistan. There's a well-founded fear of torture if you're sent back to those countries."
David Miliband discusses the UK asylum policy announcement on @news.sky.com:
David Miliband discusses the UK asylum policy announcement on @news.sky.com:
November 19, 2025 at 12:01 PM
"It should be sacrosanct that you aren't sent back to danger. The countries with the most people crossing the Channel are Sudan & Afghanistan. There's a well-founded fear of torture if you're sent back to those countries."
David Miliband discusses the UK asylum policy announcement on @news.sky.com:
David Miliband discusses the UK asylum policy announcement on @news.sky.com:
"We should play our fair share in solving the world's problems because if we don't, those problems will come to us... that's actually the way that we build our own security and our own prosperity."
David Miliband in conversation with @andrewmarr.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk
David Miliband in conversation with @andrewmarr.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 5:07 PM
"We should play our fair share in solving the world's problems because if we don't, those problems will come to us... that's actually the way that we build our own security and our own prosperity."
David Miliband in conversation with @andrewmarr.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk
David Miliband in conversation with @andrewmarr.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk
"It's wrong to say that the choice is between compassion and order. It must be right that a smart [asylum] system treats people humanely, follows international and domestic law and ensures that there's order to the system."
David Miliband speaks to @andrewmarr.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk:
David Miliband speaks to @andrewmarr.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk:
November 18, 2025 at 10:36 AM
"It's wrong to say that the choice is between compassion and order. It must be right that a smart [asylum] system treats people humanely, follows international and domestic law and ensures that there's order to the system."
David Miliband speaks to @andrewmarr.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk:
David Miliband speaks to @andrewmarr.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk:
Control does not require cruelty. Common sense ways of managing migration can coexist with decency, dignity and compassion.
The measures announced by the government today will not fix the asylum system. They will simply exacerbate existing challenges.
Our statement: www.rescue.org/uk/press-rel...
The measures announced by the government today will not fix the asylum system. They will simply exacerbate existing challenges.
Our statement: www.rescue.org/uk/press-rel...
‘Control Does Not Require Cruelty’: IRC responds to UK Government’s Asylum Policy Announcement | The IRC
Government migration measures risk worsening challenges. Expand safe routes, invest in integration, and uphold dignity for refugees.
www.rescue.org
November 17, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Control does not require cruelty. Common sense ways of managing migration can coexist with decency, dignity and compassion.
The measures announced by the government today will not fix the asylum system. They will simply exacerbate existing challenges.
Our statement: www.rescue.org/uk/press-rel...
The measures announced by the government today will not fix the asylum system. They will simply exacerbate existing challenges.
Our statement: www.rescue.org/uk/press-rel...
"There are reports of appalling brutality and impunity in terms of people being executed and massacres within El Fasher and our staff have told us that people are arriving [in Tawila] in desperate conditions."
IRC's Ciaran Donnelly on @thebrianlehrershow.bsky.social: www.wnyc.org/story/the-hu...
IRC's Ciaran Donnelly on @thebrianlehrershow.bsky.social: www.wnyc.org/story/the-hu...
The Humanitarian Crisis in Sudan | The Brian Lehrer Show | WNYC
The latest news from Sudan, where the country has been experiencing a civil war since April 2023.
www.wnyc.org
November 13, 2025 at 5:13 PM
"There are reports of appalling brutality and impunity in terms of people being executed and massacres within El Fasher and our staff have told us that people are arriving [in Tawila] in desperate conditions."
IRC's Ciaran Donnelly on @thebrianlehrershow.bsky.social: www.wnyc.org/story/the-hu...
IRC's Ciaran Donnelly on @thebrianlehrershow.bsky.social: www.wnyc.org/story/the-hu...
"Every day, people with severe illness related to food insecurity, people with severe wounds who've been beaten and tortured, are arriving into our clinics... But it's a minority of people arriving."
IRC's Bob Kitchen on the situation in Tawila, Sudan on ABC News: abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
IRC's Bob Kitchen on the situation in Tawila, Sudan on ABC News: abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
Video Sudan hunger crisis is a 'desperate situation': IRC
Bob Kitchen, vice president of international programs at the International Rescue Committee, says his aid agency is seeing many examples of "severe illness related to food insecurity."
abcnews.go.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:02 PM
"Every day, people with severe illness related to food insecurity, people with severe wounds who've been beaten and tortured, are arriving into our clinics... But it's a minority of people arriving."
IRC's Bob Kitchen on the situation in Tawila, Sudan on ABC News: abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
IRC's Bob Kitchen on the situation in Tawila, Sudan on ABC News: abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
"Every minute that we don't have a ceasefire and don't have a humanitarian surge in assistance is a minute in which people's lives continue to be at risk, people continue to die & suffer."
IRC's Ciarán Donnelly describes the danger Sudan's civilians on @cbsnews.com: www.cbsnews.com/video/sudans...
IRC's Ciarán Donnelly describes the danger Sudan's civilians on @cbsnews.com: www.cbsnews.com/video/sudans...
Sudan's paramilitary agrees to ceasefire amid humanitarian crisis
After 2.5 years of civil war in Sudan, the Rapid Support Forces have agreed to a U.S.-backed ceasefire. The war between the RSF and the Sudanese Armed Forces has created what the U.N. describes as the...
www.cbsnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:52 AM
"Every minute that we don't have a ceasefire and don't have a humanitarian surge in assistance is a minute in which people's lives continue to be at risk, people continue to die & suffer."
IRC's Ciarán Donnelly describes the danger Sudan's civilians on @cbsnews.com: www.cbsnews.com/video/sudans...
IRC's Ciarán Donnelly describes the danger Sudan's civilians on @cbsnews.com: www.cbsnews.com/video/sudans...
Activism on "a whole new level" is needed to save lives in Sudan, David Miliband tells ABC News.
"This is actually setting a new low... The scale of the need today is 3 or 4 times the level it was 20 years ago, but the response is 10-20% of what it was 20 years ago."
abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/vid...
"This is actually setting a new low... The scale of the need today is 3 or 4 times the level it was 20 years ago, but the response is 10-20% of what it was 20 years ago."
abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/vid...
Video ‘It’s brutality, impunity and lawlessness on an absolutely epic scale’: Miliband
George Stephanopoulos interviews President & CEO at International Rescue Committee David Miliband on “This Week.”
abcnews.go.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Activism on "a whole new level" is needed to save lives in Sudan, David Miliband tells ABC News.
"This is actually setting a new low... The scale of the need today is 3 or 4 times the level it was 20 years ago, but the response is 10-20% of what it was 20 years ago."
abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/vid...
"This is actually setting a new low... The scale of the need today is 3 or 4 times the level it was 20 years ago, but the response is 10-20% of what it was 20 years ago."
abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/vid...
The climate crisis is concentrated where aid is shrinking.
70% of people in humanitarian need live in 17 countries facing conflict & climate change, which receive just 12% of climate adaptation funding.
At #COP30 we're urging leaders to prioritise these communities:
www.rescue.org/uk/press-rel...
70% of people in humanitarian need live in 17 countries facing conflict & climate change, which receive just 12% of climate adaptation funding.
At #COP30 we're urging leaders to prioritise these communities:
www.rescue.org/uk/press-rel...
At COP30, IRC Urges Climate Action for Conflict-Affected Communities—and Warns of Growing Global Health Risks | The IRC
As COP30 convenes under the Brazilian presidency’s call to “move from negotiation to delivery,” the International Rescue Committee (IRC) urges global leaders to prioritize the needs of crisis-affected...
www.rescue.org
November 12, 2025 at 11:17 AM
The climate crisis is concentrated where aid is shrinking.
70% of people in humanitarian need live in 17 countries facing conflict & climate change, which receive just 12% of climate adaptation funding.
At #COP30 we're urging leaders to prioritise these communities:
www.rescue.org/uk/press-rel...
70% of people in humanitarian need live in 17 countries facing conflict & climate change, which receive just 12% of climate adaptation funding.
At #COP30 we're urging leaders to prioritise these communities:
www.rescue.org/uk/press-rel...
"Those who've made it out are a small minority and they're bringing tales of horror with them. After a siege of 18 months that left people starving, we've now got testimony of killing on a large scale."
David Miliband & @yaldahakim.bsky.social discuss the crisis in El Fasher, Sudan on @news.sky.com
David Miliband & @yaldahakim.bsky.social discuss the crisis in El Fasher, Sudan on @news.sky.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:39 AM
"Those who've made it out are a small minority and they're bringing tales of horror with them. After a siege of 18 months that left people starving, we've now got testimony of killing on a large scale."
David Miliband & @yaldahakim.bsky.social discuss the crisis in El Fasher, Sudan on @news.sky.com
David Miliband & @yaldahakim.bsky.social discuss the crisis in El Fasher, Sudan on @news.sky.com
“We have not seen many people leaving, and that is the main worry that we have now. A trickle of people here and there are coming through, but that is it.”
IRC's Arjan Hehenkamp on the crisis in El Fasher, Darfur in @newhumanitarian.bsky.social:
www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news-feature...
IRC's Arjan Hehenkamp on the crisis in El Fasher, Darfur in @newhumanitarian.bsky.social:
www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news-feature...
Pay up or be executed: El Fasher survivors speak of kidnappings and mass killings
Testimonies from the few who escaped expose a systematic campaign of execution and extortion.
www.thenewhumanitarian.org
November 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
“We have not seen many people leaving, and that is the main worry that we have now. A trickle of people here and there are coming through, but that is it.”
IRC's Arjan Hehenkamp on the crisis in El Fasher, Darfur in @newhumanitarian.bsky.social:
www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news-feature...
IRC's Arjan Hehenkamp on the crisis in El Fasher, Darfur in @newhumanitarian.bsky.social:
www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news-feature...
The IRC is delivering training to Community Sponsorship Groups as part of a new programme to welcome refugee families in the UK.
Community sponsors are matched with refugees before arrival and directly support them from their arrival through to self-sufficiency.
www.rescue.org/uk/press-rel...
Community sponsors are matched with refugees before arrival and directly support them from their arrival through to self-sufficiency.
www.rescue.org/uk/press-rel...
Community Sponsors Across the UK to Receive New Training Programme from IRC UK | The IRC
IRC UK launches training programme for Community Sponsorship Groups supporting refugee families across the UK to rebuild their lives.
www.rescue.org
November 6, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The IRC is delivering training to Community Sponsorship Groups as part of a new programme to welcome refugee families in the UK.
Community sponsors are matched with refugees before arrival and directly support them from their arrival through to self-sufficiency.
www.rescue.org/uk/press-rel...
Community sponsors are matched with refugees before arrival and directly support them from their arrival through to self-sufficiency.
www.rescue.org/uk/press-rel...
At least 170 unaccompanied children have been registered in Tawila after fleeing violence in El Fasher, Sudan.
"It's terrifying that so many children have made the journey without their parents. It leaves us asking: have they been killed? Where are they?"
More from IRC's Bob Kitchen on BBC News ⬇️
"It's terrifying that so many children have made the journey without their parents. It leaves us asking: have they been killed? Where are they?"
More from IRC's Bob Kitchen on BBC News ⬇️
November 6, 2025 at 12:20 PM
At least 170 unaccompanied children have been registered in Tawila after fleeing violence in El Fasher, Sudan.
"It's terrifying that so many children have made the journey without their parents. It leaves us asking: have they been killed? Where are they?"
More from IRC's Bob Kitchen on BBC News ⬇️
"It's terrifying that so many children have made the journey without their parents. It leaves us asking: have they been killed? Where are they?"
More from IRC's Bob Kitchen on BBC News ⬇️
"We see children arriving without their mothers. We hear from IRC staff risking their lives to deliver aid. And we know what happens when we look away. The lives of hundreds of thousands hang in the balance. We must not fail them—again."
David Miliband writes in @time.com: time.com/7330788/what...
David Miliband writes in @time.com: time.com/7330788/what...
What the Crisis in Sudan Means for the World
David Miliband argues that Sudan embodies the ‘new world disorder’—and shares what can be done to save lives right now.
time.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:42 AM
"We see children arriving without their mothers. We hear from IRC staff risking their lives to deliver aid. And we know what happens when we look away. The lives of hundreds of thousands hang in the balance. We must not fail them—again."
David Miliband writes in @time.com: time.com/7330788/what...
David Miliband writes in @time.com: time.com/7330788/what...
“The world cannot turn away from yet another chapter of horror in Darfur.”
The IRC is calling for the safe passage of civilians and humanitarian aid in Darfur, Sudan, after an increase in violence in the city of El Fasher. More from David Miliband in @thetimes.com: www.thetimes.com/world/africa...
The IRC is calling for the safe passage of civilians and humanitarian aid in Darfur, Sudan, after an increase in violence in the city of El Fasher. More from David Miliband in @thetimes.com: www.thetimes.com/world/africa...
El Fasher survivor relives slaughter that has split Sudan
She escaped, thousands did not. Hayat Yaqoub Hussein describes the horrors of the famine-stricken city captured by the RSF militia in the country’s civil war
www.thetimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:05 PM
“The world cannot turn away from yet another chapter of horror in Darfur.”
The IRC is calling for the safe passage of civilians and humanitarian aid in Darfur, Sudan, after an increase in violence in the city of El Fasher. More from David Miliband in @thetimes.com: www.thetimes.com/world/africa...
The IRC is calling for the safe passage of civilians and humanitarian aid in Darfur, Sudan, after an increase in violence in the city of El Fasher. More from David Miliband in @thetimes.com: www.thetimes.com/world/africa...
Under 5000 of the more than 200,000 residents of El Fasher have reached nearby Tawila since the city fell to the RSF.
“They’re not anywhere near the numbers we were expecting to see. Why haven't they come?” IRC's Arjan Hehenkamp asks in @theobserveruk.bsky.social:
observer.co.uk/news/interna...
“They’re not anywhere near the numbers we were expecting to see. Why haven't they come?” IRC's Arjan Hehenkamp asks in @theobserveruk.bsky.social:
observer.co.uk/news/interna...
‘The road is full of dead’: Sudanese escape one hell and ...
Images of bodies near a children’s hospital bear witness to the horror of El Fasher – but few who flee the besieged city have reached safety
observer.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Under 5000 of the more than 200,000 residents of El Fasher have reached nearby Tawila since the city fell to the RSF.
“They’re not anywhere near the numbers we were expecting to see. Why haven't they come?” IRC's Arjan Hehenkamp asks in @theobserveruk.bsky.social:
observer.co.uk/news/interna...
“They’re not anywhere near the numbers we were expecting to see. Why haven't they come?” IRC's Arjan Hehenkamp asks in @theobserveruk.bsky.social:
observer.co.uk/news/interna...