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Azerbaijan: Activity highlights for the first half of 2022

During the first six months of 2022, ICRC continues its activities aimed at helping people living in conflict-affected areas in Azerbaijan. Diverse range of activities were implemented to provide …

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Sourcing quality goods from India to all parts of the world

As part of its mission, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) procures items to meet the needs of people affected by conflicts around the world. As part of this effort, humanitarian …

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Myanmar: Accountability to Affected People

For us, accountability means ensuring our efforts to help are relevant, timely, and do no harm. It means seeing people affected by conflict as experts of their own situation. It means listening and …

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Afghanistan: Millions affected by growing humanitarian needs

While fighting across Afghanistan has decreased significantly in the last year, Afghan families’ struggle to survive has not. The combined effects of a paralyzed banking system, lack of cash and job …

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Afghanistan: 113,500 newborn Afghan babies, but how will they survive?

12-08-2022 A statement by Christine Cipolla, ICRC's regional director for Asia and the Pacific. Nearly a year ago when I visited Afghanistan, the medical system was about to shut down. The country's …

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Myanmar: Enduring support for growing humanitarian needs

Sometimes, in our work, community members stop just to talk with our colleagues. They share stories, feelings or experiences – seeking distraction or relief from stress. "I had heard about the …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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