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Escalating violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has exacerbated the humanitarian crisis and left more than seven million people…

On November 25, 1960, agents of the Dominican Republic’s Trujillo dictatorship brutally murdered Patria, Minerva, and Teresa Mirabel, three activists fighting the cruelty and violence…

In 2011, South Sudan emerged from a violent civil war as an independent nation from Sudan. However, in 2013, escalating political and ethnic tensions ignited…

The war in Ukraine has captivated global attention over the last two and a half years, yet there is a concurrent crisis in Ukraine receiving…

The ongoing conflict in Sudan, which erupted in April 2023, has wreaked havoc on the lives of millions. Clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF)…

A chronic lack of food and shelter, and the proliferation of armed actors, have increased vulnerability to survival sex, physical assault, and sexual violence.

This month marks seven years since the 2017 “clearance operation” when Myanmar’s military forces, the Tatmadaw, unleashed waves of violence against Rohingya ethnic minorities in Rakhine State, Myanmar. The conflict triggered the expulsion of over 700,000 Rohingya into neighboring Bangladesh, marking the largest and fastest influx into the country. The U.S. government later determined that these attacks constituted genocide and crimes against humanity.

Aid workers are increasingly being targeted by armed actors who seek to intimidate, coerce, or disrupt aid operations for strategic gains. In Gaza and South Sudan, in Yemen and the Central African Republic, disinformation campaigns are fueling hostility toward aid agencies. These threats not only endanger the lives of those dedicated to humanitarian action but also severely hinder access to essential aid for millions of vulnerable people in conflict-affected areas​.

Community centers in Afghanistan are offering a beacon of hope to thousands of Afghans who are trapped in harmful cycles of displacement and hardship. Decades…

Nearly three years after the change in power in Afghanistan, women and girls are being left behind as little to no progress has been made…

After decades of conflict, instability, poverty, and natural disasters, one in two people living in Afghanistan suffer from psychological distress. For Afghan women, restrictions on…

Sara* is a 22-year-old mother who lives in a remote village of southern Afghanistan. She has only one child, a nine-month-old daughter named Shakuria*. Shakuria…