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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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