Myanmar: A tailor tells her story
Moe Moe Nwe is from Thinbaw Kwei Village in Rakhine State. Her mother passed away when she was young. She’s been the sole breadwinner for her family ever since, caring for her father, who lives with …
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The International Review of the Red Cross: Selected Articles (No. 919)
Ordinarily, the articles in any given issue of the Review share a unifying theme or speak to elements of a single, overarching debate. But often, exceptional scholars and practitioners submit …
Breaking the silence on sexual and gender-based violence in the Pacific
Taboos surrounding sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) are often harmful to victims/survivors, hindering their recovery journeys and sometimes even their access to life-saving health care. It is …
Israel and the Occupied Territories - Political solutions needed to halt cycles of violence
10-08-2022 Geneva (ICRC) – Each new round of violence in the Gaza Strip and Israel sparks a crisis of hope, as the fighting revives and creates new trauma on both sides. Only political steps can …
Market Dialogue - Remote beneficiary management and non-traditional data sources
The Analysis and Evidence team at the International Committee of the Red Cross , the International Federation of the Red Cross's Global Cash Transfer Programming Unit in collaboration with Norwegian …
Papua New Guinea: ICRC Activities 2021
Missing persons: the right to know In situations of armed conflicts and other situations affected by violence, countless families suffer great anguish when loved ones go missing. In Bougainville, …
Kuwait Red Crescent Society visits ICRC projects in Cox’s Bazar
Representatives of the Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) and the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development visited the District Sadar Hospital in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, on 17 July. The visit was …
ICRC Activities in Syria: January to June 2022
During the first half of 2022, millions of Syrians have benefited from different vital services provided by the ICRC in cooperation with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) across the country. These …
Venezuela: Reducing malaria to improve the lives of people affected by violence in El Callao
The town of El Callao in Venezuela is famous not only for its carnival and brightly dressed madamas, but also for being the centre of the mining industry in the south of the country, and especially …
Autonomous weapons: The ICRC calls on states to take steps towards treaty negotiations
Statement by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) following the final 2022 session of the Group of Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems of the Convention on …
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