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Born on a beach: A Red Cross midwife on life in Myanmar

Olivia Hill has worked in numerous humanitarian emergencies across the world. The British midwife has just finished a year long mission with the ICRC in Myanmar and looks back on her time in  the …

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Eritrea: Facts and Figures 2013

… enable them to apply for further studies or jobs, Eritrean and Ethiopian nationals had …

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"Behind the Masks": Photobook on the challenges that essential workers face in the pandemic

Brazil was headed for the peak in its first wave of cases and deaths from COVID-19 in 2020 when the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) gave photographers and journalists in three …

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From rehabilitation to inclusion

The Physical Rehabilitation Programme was set up in 1979. Although the ICRC had previously carried out some physical rehabilitation activities, the programme’s creation marked the beginning of a …

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Syria conflict: Siege and suffering

… Let the humanitarian workers do their jobs. If an eight-year-old girl needs food, …

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International Women’s Day: Support and protect women coping with conflict in Syria

… for us," says Kadija, a widow who finds odd jobs to support her family. "But it's not …

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The ICRC's work for people with disabilities, January-September 2015

Through our physical rehabilitation programme and the Special Fund for the Disabled, the ICRC aims to help anyone with a disability. This includes including victims of armed conflict, other …

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Philippines: Stories of survival and hope rise amid conflict

… gave her much happiness. Her sons took on odd jobs, while she sewed clothes for her …

Law and policy topic

Myanmar: Born without limbs, she scaled great heights with resolve

… for women? A: For years, women had very few jobs to choose from. Though many more are now …

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A boy believed to be dead reunited with his family

Two years ago, Hakimullah, a young boy with a physical disability lost contact with his family in the southern Uruzgan province of Afghanistan following an armed clash that broke out in his village. …

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