The International Rescue Committee helps survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) to heal and thrive, and works with communities and institutions to break the cycle of violence. The Women’s Protection and Empowerment (WPE) Team supports the development of holistic, survivor-centered services, conducting research, creating technical guidance and developing evidence-based best practice for prevention of and response […]
Real-Time Accountability Partnership on GBV in Emergencies
The International Rescue Committee, OCHA, UNFPA, UNICEF, UNHCR, and USAID’s Office of United States Foreign Disaster Assistance are pleased to announce a global, multi-agency initiative on addressing gender-based violence in emergencies, the Real-Time Accountability Partnership (RTAP). The RTAP aims to harness the collective power of the humanitarian community to ensure that all individuals, particularly women […]
A Movement for Change: Women’s Community-based Organizations in the DRC
This paper describes the work of the IRC in addressing violence against women and girls alongside community-based organizations in the DRC. It specifically details the findings of an analysis conducted in 2012 of service delivery approaches between community-based organizations and non-governmental organizations. It also shows community-based organizations to be the most sustainable and effective at […]
Evaluation of Implementation of 2005 IASC Guidelines for Gender-based Violence Interventions in Humanitarian Settings in the Syria Crisis Response
One year after IRC’s ground-breaking report, Are We Listening?: Acting on Our Commitments to Women and Girls Affected by the Syrian Conflict, the United Nations has completed one of the report’s key recommendations: a real-time evaluation of the humanitarian community’s implementation of inter-agency guidelines to prevent and respond to GBV in the Syria region. The […]
Read WPE & WRC’s Report: “I see that it is possible”: Building capacity for disability inclusion in gender-based violence programming in humanitarian settings
In response to concerns raised by the field about the exclusion of women and girls with disabilities in programs and services, the WRC and IRC conducted a project, in Burundi, Ethiopia, Jordan and the Northern Caucasus in the Russian Federation, to identify barriers to access, and to pilot and evaluate strategies for promoting disability inclusion […]
IRC Global Facilitator’s Training on Engaging Men in Accountable Practice to Prevent Violence against Women and Girls: 4th – 12th February, 2015
The International Rescue Committee in collaboration with UNHCR will be conducting an 8 day training course which will introduce practitioners working on ending violence against women and children to our Engaging Men in Accountable Practice (EMAP) intervention. EMAP is a ten month individual behavior change intervention which aims to reduce violence against women and girls by […]
Addressing GBV in South Sudan
The IRC has spoken to women and girls in the South Sudan states of Unity, Lakes, Jonglei, Northern Bahr el Ghazal, and Central Equatoria since the beginning of the conflict that erupted in December 2013. They have told us about the risks they are exposed to and the violence they face: rape, sexual exploitation, abduction […]
Are We Listening to Syria’s Women and Girls?
Despite legislation meant to help women and girls in conflict zones, much more must be done to ensure rapid action on the ground—especially in Syria. In this op-ed by IRC’s David Miliband and Georgetown University’s Melanne Verveer share their views.
Are We Listening?
In our recent report, “ARE WE LISTENING? ACTING ON OUR COMMITMENTS TO WOMEN AND GIRLS AFFECTED BY THE SYRIAN CONFLICT,” the IRC brings to light the voices of Syrian women and girls and the barriers they face. This annex in English and Arabic, prepared by the Georgetown University Institute for Women, Peace and Security, highlights the multiple […]
ODI GBV in Emergencies
How can humanitarian agencies better prevent and respond to gender-based violence (GBV) in emergencies? On 18 February 2014, the Humanitarian Practice Network (HPN) held an event to examine the challenges associated with prevention and response programming, the different forms of violence facing women and girls and the ways in which the needs of survivors can be better […]
