Dear Under-Secretary-General Lowcock, The below 553 concerned agencies are calling for urgent action to make gender-based violence (GBV) a key response priority of humanitarian response plans, moving...
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Dear Under-Secretary-General Lowcock, The below 553 concerned agencies are calling for urgent action to make gender-based violence (GBV) a key response priority of humanitarian response plans, moving...
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For this year’s Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 63) the ICGBV commissioned a report on GBV response services in Lebanon in the wake of the Syrian Crisis. Looking at the critical intersection...
Indonesia: Red Cross teams “don’t know what we’ll find” at earthquake and tsunami disaster zone Jakarta/Geneva, 29 September 2018 – Indonesian Red Cross volunteers and staff are racing to...
Displacement in the context of disasters is a global and increasing phenomenon. Since 2008, disasters stemming from natural hazards have displaced an average of 24.6 million people each year – the...
Children are highly vulnerable to disasters, in part due to their young age, dependency needs and developmental status. In disasters nearly all the rights of children are implicated – ranging from...
Information Sheet: Human Rights in Disasters International human rights law is equally applicable in disasters. So local, regional and national authorities have the responsibility to protect, respect...
Gender based violence (GBV) is any act or threat of harm inflicted on a person because of their gender. Specific factors which can facilitate increased rates of GBV during a disaster include: the...
When a disaster such as a flood, earthquake or typhoon strikes, local communities are the first to respond to rescue those in peril and to provide support and assistance to those in need. Often, the...
“Disasters do not strike departments or committees, they strike communities. In the long run we will not be successful in reducing risks if our laws merely distribute responsibilities among dedicated...
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Irish Red Cross welcomes final migrants from Greece under EU relocation programme. The Irish Red Cross was at Baldonnel this afternoon to welcome the final 129 migrants due to arrive in Ireland from...
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Mary O’Reilly from Baldoyle in Dublin has given Syrian refugee Wassim a room in her home under the Irish Red Cross-run Register of Pledges. Read about their experience below. Background The Irish Red...
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Launch of the 2016 annual report 2,299 patients in Ireland received first aid treatment from Irish Red Cross volunteers in 2016. These volunteers gave 200,000 hours of voluntary service which...
The Irish Red Cross has committed €25,000 to aid in the fight against a major cholera outbreak in Yemen. The donation follows the deployment of two Irish staff members in 2016 to assist in the...
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The Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) today donated in excess of €80,000 retail worth of New Balance sportswear to the Irish Red Cross for migrants arriving in Ireland under the Irish Refugee...
One year ago the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in Nepal were transformed by the worst earthquake the country had experienced since 1934. The earthquakes destroyed or damaged about 800,000...
Red Cross emergency medical teams are still providing medical services to people living in evacuation centres in the small town of Mashiki in Kumamoto which was badly affected by the two earthquakes...
Greece + 1 more
The Irish Red Cross has released a further €100,000 from its Migration Crisis Appeal to help migrants in Greece cope with plummeting temperatures.More than 27,000 winter kits for babies, children and...
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Irish Red Cross has appointed an eight-person task force as part of the society’s scaling up of operations to assist victims of the migration crisis. The task force was announced last Saturday...
Initial assessments coming in from Red Cross field workers in Nepal indicate this morning's earthquake that hit north-east of Kathmandu has led to people being trapped beneath collapsed buildings. ...
The Irish Red Cross has sent a further €100,000 to help with humanitarian relief operation in Nepal after last weekend’s earthquake. Irish Red Cross Head of International said the replenishment of...