The IRC announced winners of its latest open innovation challenge to improve access to contraceptive and hygiene products for ...

UK aid cuts harm fragile states like Somalia & South Sudan. ODA diverted to refugee costs, risking setbacks in health, gender & poverty efforts.

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is alarmed by the abrupt closure of learning centers in the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, which will leave nearly 500,000 children without access to ...

Sudan is the biggest humanitarian crisis ever recorded. Here’s what you need to know about the crisis in Sudan and what you can do to help.

Seeking asylum at the United States border is legal—even during a pandemic. People travel to the southern U.S. border to seek refuge, including from political turmoil and rampant violence in Central ...

Violence, climate change, rising poverty, and COVID-19 are forcing thousands of people from northern Central America, Haiti, and other places in crisis to flee their homes. Many, including ...

Each year, the International Rescue Committee analyzes 190 countries and territories to identify the countries at greatest risk of experiencing a new or worsening humanitarian crisis in the coming ...

The triple threat of conflict, COVID-19 and climate change are dramatically worsening already dire situations around the globe. Find out what you need to know and explore solutions.

A new era for foreign aid is upon us - whether we like it or not. Global needs and extreme poverty are escalating and increasingly concentrated in countries where we see an alarming convergence of ...

What is cash assistance? Providing cash directly to crisis-affected individuals is a dignified and effective form of humanitarian aid. Organizations like the IRC identify people who are in need of ...

I am honored to be giving the Fulbright Lecture tonight and want to thank the Fulbright Scholarships and the Universities of Edinburgh and Oxford, and King’s College London, for hosting the lectures.

The Emergency Watchlist report is the International Rescue Committee’s assessment of the 20 countries at greatest risk of new humanitarian emergencies each year.