Other Crises

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…

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

As the conflict intensifies in Lebanon, the devastating toll on civilians and humanitarian workers grows more severe by the day. We are gravely concerned for the safety of those caught in the crossfire and directly affected by the escalating violence. The humanitarian crisis, already compounded by Lebanon’s economic collapse, has now reached a critical tipping point with thousands of people being displaced. The escalation of the conflict will stretch our Members’ operations to the limit, leaving them and those who they serve exhausted and resources depleted.

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.

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…