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"Grace Under Fire": Highlighting the Need of Reproductive Health Care in Crises
Lack of reproductive health care is a leading cause of death and disease among refugee and displaced women of reproductive age. Grace Under Fire is a powerful and inspiring documentary focused on promoting and improving access to life-saving...
An Interview with our 2011 Voices of Courage Honoree Stella Mkiliwane
A refugee from Zimbabwe, Stella Mkiliwane has lived in South Africa for the last four years. She has used her own experiences to protect and advocate for better policies and services for refugees and displaced...
An Interview with our 2011 Voices of Courage Honoree Zrinka Bralo
Journalist Zrinka Bralo fled former Yugoslavia in 1993, during the conflict, and sought asylum in the United Kingdom. Since then, she has been a fearless voice and champion for the rights of refugees and asylum-seekers. Here,...
Commemorating World Humanitarian Day
Today we celebrate World Humanitarian Day, honoring the men and women who devote their lives to the challenging and dangerous work of providing humanitarian aid. Every day,...
Critical Services Still Needed for Displaced Haitians with Disabilities
Deogratias Niyizonkiza: Where There is Health There is Hope
Mama: Together for Safe Births in Crises
One thousand women and girls die every day from pregnancy-related causes—that’s about one every 90 seconds. And the overwhelming majority of the countries with the highest rates of maternal mortality are conflict-affected. Yet, the numerous cam...
Notes from the Field: Taking Family Planning Door to Door in Muddy South Sudan
Although it was warm and sunny the day I arrived in Malakal, South Sudan, I soon found out why the rainy season is notorious here. I was in the newly independent country in August to help assess our pilot project on community-based distribution of...
Notes from the Field: Expanding Family Planning Options in Southern Sudan
Peer educators in Malakal, Sudan, informing local communities on...
Notes from the Field: Improving Women’s Health in Haiti
As you drive away from the airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital city, tarp-covered shelters spread out in all directions. Across the country, these flimsy settlements are still home to some 600,000 Haitians displaced by the January 2010...
Notes from the Field: Simple Solution Saves Mothers’ Lives in Rural Tanzania
Photo Blog: Taking Family Planning Door to Door in Muddy South Sudan
Mihoko Tanabe, Program Officer, Reproductive Health Program, recently visited South Sudan to...
Protecting Women and Girls from the Impacts of Disasters
Security for Haitians
In a letter to the editor of the New York Times, Sandra Krause, director of our reproductive health program, talks about the ongoing needs of women and girls in Haiti. Read the letter as it appeared in the
Six Months Later: Reproductive Health Needs Are Still Critical in Haiti
Thailand: Midwives saving lives
This blog post was written by Peter Biro for our affilliate organization, The International Rescue Committee.
Urban Refugees “101”
Every day it seems we hear about a new crisis somewhere in the world. With the rise in natural disasters and conflicts over the last several years, it’s not hard to see why the number of displaced people continues to grow. There are now 10.5 m...
Using technology to help save mothers and babies
Sandra Krause, director, reproductive health program, and Diana Quick, director of communications, write about the Mama: Together for Safe Births in Crises, in this issue of Forced...
Vaccination campaign reaches vulnerable refugee children in Kenya
