Other Crises

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…

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…