The PlayMatters project (2020 – 2026) seeks to strengthen refugee and refugee-hosting education systems’ capacity to train and support pre-primary and primary teachers to implement active LtP as an active teaching and learning method in their classrooms in Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Uganda.

In December 2018, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) completed an assessment in Beni, DRC, with the aim of examining the effects of the EVD outbreak and response on women and girls, and specifically how the outbreak has impacted women and girls’ experience of violence, also considering the pre-existing context of insecurity in which they live.

This holiday season, we’re shining the spotlight on must-read books that immerse you in refugee stories.

In "A Battle Plan for the World Bank," a piece published in Foreign Affairs, IRC president and CEO David Miliband explains why refugees are at the center of the fight against poverty.

Pride month is celebrated every June, in remembrance of the Stonewall Riots, a series of gay liberation protests that took place in New York City in 1969. This commemorative month recognizes the impact that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI+) people have had locally, nationally, and internationally, while also illuminating some of the key issues persisting for this community, in order to prompt change and work towards safety and inclusion for everyone.