The Annual Report provides details of IFRC’s support to our 190 member National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in 2017, alongside consolidated financial statements for the year. It tells the story of the Red Cross and Red Crescent response to maj …
Disasters and Displacement in a Changing Climate: The Role of Asia Pacific National Societies confirms that migration and displacement linked to the adverse effects of climate change will be one of the defining humanitarian challenges of the 21stcentur …
Thousands of vulnerable migrants are facing a cold and dangerous journey across Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and are in desperate need of support. The Red Cross Society of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Cre …
In Honduras, in 2015 there were 3091 unaccompanied children returned from abroad, as well as 22 unaccompanied children of foreign origin who were found in an irregular situation in Honduras; according to DINAF for this year there were returned 8378 chi …
INTRODUCTION: HARROWING JOURNEYS AND UNSPEAKABLE SUFFERING Protracted violent conflicts, devastating climate events, entrenched economic inequality, relentless persecution and crime, and other complex problems with no easy solutions drive millions of p …
In March 2017, Madagascar was badly affected by Cyclone Enawo. The cyclone caused flooding across the country including in the capital Antananarivo. More than 400,000 people were affected in eight regions, with 80,000 people displaced. As part of the r …
On 20 and 21 June 2018, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) Regional Offices for the Asia Pacific and for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), in partnership with the Australian Red Cross, Qatar Red Crescent and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) co-facilitated the Red Cross Red Crescent Conference on Labour Migration in Bangkok, Thailand. This report highlights the discussions and outcomes of the conference.
The IFRC’s Minimum standards for protection, gender and inclusion (PGI) in emergencies is now its second edition. This edition is the result of three years of testing, revision and feedback from protection, gender and inclusion (PGI) and sectoral specialists, based on use in the field by Red Cross and Red Crescent staff and volunteers in many different humanitarian operations. In addition to new chapters (such as cash-based interventions), there is a stronger focus on sexual and gender-based violence and disability inclusion. This edition will be complemented by an expanded toolkit (under development) with practical resources to support the use of the standards in all operations.
Despite numerous humanitarian challenges in 2017 in Africa, there were also a number of heart-warming accomplishments. A case in point, was when a local response of Red Crescent teams—and other partners—curbed Somalia’s cholera outbreak through the pow …
