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aria-label="Cameroon">Cameroon</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/country/central-african-republic" aria-label="Central African Republic">Central African Republic</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/country/chad" aria-label="Chad">Chad</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/country/ivory-coast" aria-label="C么te d'Ivoire">C么te d'Ivoire</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/country/democratic-republic-congo" aria-label="Democratic Republic of Congo">Democratic Republic of Congo</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/country/ethiopia" aria-label="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/country/kenya" aria-label="Kenya">Kenya</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/country/liberia" aria-label="Liberia">Liberia</a></li></ul><ul class="rplc-main-menu__level-4 rplc-main-menu__level-4--group-2"><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/country/libya" aria-label="Libya">Libya</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/country/mali" aria-label="Mali">Mali</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/country/niger" aria-label="Niger">Niger</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/country/nigeria" aria-label="Nigeria">Nigeria</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/country/somalia" aria-label="Somalia">Somalia</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/country/south-sudan" aria-label="South Sudan">South Sudan</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/country/sudan" aria-label="Sudan">Sudan</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/country/tanzania" aria-label="Tanzania">Tanzania</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/country/uganda" aria-label="Uganda">Uganda</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/country/zimbabwe" aria-label="Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a></li></ul></div></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item" data-rpl-main-menu-level-3><div class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item-title" data-rpl-main-menu-expanding-section-target>Asia</div><button class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-expand-toggle" data-rpl-main-menu-expanding-section-target></button><div class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-wrapper"><ul class="rplc-main-menu__level-4 rplc-main-menu__level-4--group-1"><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/country/afghanistan" aria-label="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/country/bangladesh" aria-label="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/country/malaysia" aria-label="Malaysia">Malaysia</a></li></ul><ul class="rplc-main-menu__level-4 rplc-main-menu__level-4--group-2"><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/country/myanmar" aria-label="Myanmar">Myanmar</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/country/pakistan" aria-label="Pakistan">Pakistan</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/country/thailand" aria-label="Thailand">Thailand</a></li></ul></div></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item" data-rpl-main-menu-level-3><div class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item-title" data-rpl-main-menu-expanding-section-target>Europe</div><button class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-expand-toggle" data-rpl-main-menu-expanding-section-target></button><div class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-wrapper"><ul class="rplc-main-menu__level-4 rplc-main-menu__level-4--group-1"><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/country/germany" aria-label="Germany">Germany</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/country/greece" aria-label="Greece">Greece</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/country/italy" aria-label="Italy">Italy</a></li></ul><ul class="rplc-main-menu__level-4 rplc-main-menu__level-4--group-2"><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/country/poland" aria-label="Poland">Poland</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/country/serbia" aria-label="Serbia">Serbia</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/topic/ukraine-crisis" aria-label="Ukraine">Ukraine</a></li></ul></div></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item" data-rpl-main-menu-level-3><div class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item-title" data-rpl-main-menu-expanding-section-target>Latin America</div><button class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-expand-toggle" data-rpl-main-menu-expanding-section-target></button><div class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-wrapper"><ul class="rplc-main-menu__level-4 rplc-main-menu__level-4--group-1"><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/country/colombia" aria-label="Colombia">Colombia</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/country/ecuador" aria-label="Ecuador">Ecuador</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/country/el-salvador" aria-label="El Salvador">El Salvador</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/country/honduras" aria-label="Honduras">Honduras</a></li></ul><ul class="rplc-main-menu__level-4 rplc-main-menu__level-4--group-2"><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/country/mexico" aria-label="Mexico">Mexico</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/country/peru" aria-label="Peru">Peru</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/country/venezuela" aria-label="Venezuela">Venezuela</a></li></ul></div></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item" data-rpl-main-menu-level-3><div class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item-title" data-rpl-main-menu-expanding-section-target>Middle East</div><button class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-expand-toggle" data-rpl-main-menu-expanding-section-target></button><div class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-wrapper"><ul class="rplc-main-menu__level-4 rplc-main-menu__level-4--group-1"><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/country/iraq" aria-label="Iraq">Iraq</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/country/jordan" aria-label="Jordan">Jordan</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/country/lebanon" aria-label="Lebanon">Lebanon</a></li></ul><ul class="rplc-main-menu__level-4 rplc-main-menu__level-4--group-2"><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/country/occupied-palestinian-territory-opt" aria-label="Occupied Palestinian territory (oPt)">Occupied Palestinian territory (oPt)</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/country/syria" aria-label="Syria">Syria</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/country/yemen" aria-label="Yemen">Yemen</a></li></ul></div></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item" data-rpl-main-menu-level-3><div class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item-title" data-rpl-main-menu-expanding-section-target>United States</div><button class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-expand-toggle" data-rpl-main-menu-expanding-section-target></button><div class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-wrapper"><ul class="rplc-main-menu__level-4 rplc-main-menu__level-4--group-1"><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/united-states/abilene-tx" aria-label="Abilene, TX">Abilene, TX</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/united-states/atlanta-ga" aria-label="Atlanta, GA">Atlanta, GA</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/united-states/baltimore-md" aria-label="Baltimore, MD">Baltimore, MD</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/united-states/boise-id" aria-label="Boise, ID">Boise, ID</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/united-states/charlottesville-va" aria-label="Charlottesville, VA">Charlottesville, VA</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/united-states/dallas-tx" aria-label="Dallas, TX">Dallas, TX</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/united-states/denver-co" aria-label="Denver, CO">Denver, CO</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/united-states/des-moines-ia" aria-label="Des Moines, IA">Des Moines, IA</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/united-states/elizabeth-nj" aria-label="Elizabeth, NJ">Elizabeth, NJ</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="https://www.rescue.org/united-states/iowa-city-ia" aria-label="Iowa City, IA">Iowa City, IA</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/united-states/los-angeles-ca" aria-label="Los Angeles, CA">Los Angeles, CA</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/united-states/louisville-ky" aria-label="Louisville, KY">Louisville, KY</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/united-states/miami-fl" aria-label="Miami, FL">Miami, FL</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/united-states/missoula-mt" aria-label="Missoula, MT">Missoula, MT</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/united-states/new-york-ny" aria-label="New York, NY">New York, NY</a></li></ul><ul class="rplc-main-menu__level-4 rplc-main-menu__level-4--group-2"><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/united-states/oakland-ca" aria-label="Oakland, CA">Oakland, CA</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/united-states/phoenix-az" aria-label="Phoenix, AZ">Phoenix, AZ</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/united-states/richmond-va" aria-label="Richmond, VA">Richmond, VA</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/united-states/sacramento-ca" aria-label="Sacramento, CA">Sacramento, CA</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/united-states/salt-lake-city-ut" aria-label="Salt Lake City, UT">Salt Lake City, UT</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/united-states/san-diego-ca" aria-label="San Diego, CA">San Diego, CA</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/united-states/san-jose-ca" aria-label="San Jose, CA">San Jose, CA</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/united-states/seattle-wa" aria-label="Seattle, WA">Seattle, WA</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/united-states/silver-spring-md" aria-label="Silver Spring, MD">Silver Spring, MD</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/united-states/spokane-wa" aria-label="Spokane, WA">Spokane, WA</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/united-states/tallahassee-fl" aria-label="Tallahassee, FL">Tallahassee, FL</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/united-states/tucson-az" aria-label="Tucson, AZ">Tucson, AZ</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/united-states/turlock-ca" aria-label="Turlock, CA">Turlock, CA</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/united-states/wichita-ks" aria-label="Wichita, KS">Wichita, KS</a></li></ul></div></li></ul></li></ul></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-1-menu-item rplc-main-menu__level-1-menu-item--type-1" data-rpl-main-menu-level-1><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-1-menu-item-link" href="/what-we-do" aria-label="What We Do">What We Do</a><button class="rplc-main-menu__level-1-expand-toggle" data-rpl-main-menu-expanding-section-target aria-label="Main Menu Option Expand Toggle"></button><ul class="rplc-main-menu__level-2"><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-2-menu-item"/><p class="rplc-main-menu__level-2-menu-item-title">Where We Focus</p><ul class="rplc-main-menu__level-3"><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item--leaf" data-rpl-main-menu-level-3><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item-link" href="/outcome/economic-wellbeing" aria-label="Economic Wellbeing">Economic Wellbeing</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item--leaf" data-rpl-main-menu-level-3><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item-link" href="/outcome/education" aria-label="Education">Education</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item 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href="/outcome/women-girls" aria-label="Centered on Women & Girls">Centered on Women & Girls</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item--leaf" data-rpl-main-menu-level-3><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item-link" href="/policy" aria-label="Policy & Advocacy">Policy & Advocacy</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item--leaf" data-rpl-main-menu-level-3><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item-link" href="/page/how-we-use-evidence" aria-label="How We Use Evidence">How We Use Evidence</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item--leaf" data-rpl-main-menu-level-3><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item-link" href="https://airbel.rescue.org/" aria-label="Airbel Impact Lab">Airbel Impact Lab</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item--leaf" data-rpl-main-menu-level-3><a 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class="rplc-hero-standard__headline-wrapper"><div class="rplm-stacked-headline-2 rplm-stacked-headline-2--type-one"><div class="rpla-slug rpla-slug--size-large" tabindex="0">International Rescue Committee</div><h1 class="rpla-responsive-title rpla-responsive-title--short" tabindex="0"> What we do </h1><div class="rplm-stacked-headline-2__summary-wrapper"><p class="rpla-paragraph" tabindex="0">The mission of the IRC is to help people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster, including the climate crisis, to survive, recover and gain control over their future.</p></div></div></div><div class="rplc-hero-standard__call-to-action-wrapper"><div class="rplc-hero-standard__primary-call-to-action-wrapper"><div role="button" class="rpla-convertible-link-button rpla-convertible-link-button--type-one"><span class="rpla-convertible-link-button__text">Explore our goals</span><span class="rpla-convertible-link-button__icon-wrapper"><div class="rpla-icon 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We'll also use our learning and experience to shape humanitarian policy and practice in ways that improve the lives of more people worldwide. And in all of our work we will focus on <a href="/article/breaking-down-barriers-women-and-girls" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">breaking down each of the barriers faced by women and girls</a>.</p></div></div><div class="rplc-special__content" data-rpl-special-container data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div><div class="rplc-image-link-boxes-1"><div class="rplc-image-link-boxes-1__content" data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><ul class="rpll-three-column-list"><li class="rpll-three-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-image-link-box-1"><a href="/outcome/economic-wellbeing" class="rplc-teaser-image-link-box-1__wrapper-link" aria-label="Economic wellbeing"><figure class="rplc-teaser-image-link-box-1__inner-wrapper"><div class="rplc-teaser-image-link-box-1__image-wrapper"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_4x3_220px_wide/public/2024-06/20230123%20LEBANON%20EHEATHERWICK%20CITI%20ALAA%20-9141%E2%80%93Hero-June2024.jpg?itok=fNkAdgue" alt="A daughter and father poses for a photo outside of their shop in Lebanon." srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_4x3_220px_wide/public/2024-06/20230123%20LEBANON%20EHEATHERWICK%20CITI%20ALAA%20-9141%E2%80%93Hero-June2024.jpg?itok=fNkAdgue 220w, /sites/default/files/styles/landscape_4x3_640px_wide/public/2024-06/20230123%20LEBANON%20EHEATHERWICK%20CITI%20ALAA%20-9141%E2%80%93Hero-June2024.jpg?itok=da6Av3GW 640w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 392px, (min-width: 641px) 288px, (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 1rem), 320px" /></div><figcaption class="rplc-teaser-image-link-box-1__text-wrapper"><div class="rplc-teaser-image-link-box-1__caption-wrapper"><h3 class="rplc-teaser-image-link-box-1__title">Economic wellbeing</h3><p class="rplc-teaser-image-link-box-1__summary"><div>Economic wellbeing means people have their most basic survival needs met and have sustainable income and assets so they can prosper.</div></p></div></figcaption></figure></a></div></li><li class="rpll-three-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-image-link-box-1"><a href="/outcome/education" class="rplc-teaser-image-link-box-1__wrapper-link" aria-label="Education"><figure class="rplc-teaser-image-link-box-1__inner-wrapper"><div class="rplc-teaser-image-link-box-1__image-wrapper"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_4x3_220px_wide/public/2024-07/20240213%20Chad%20JZocherman%20Protection%200021-Edited-21x9%20%281%29.jpg?itok=TzEgYaDb" alt="Two women stand together at the front of a classroom in Chad." srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_4x3_220px_wide/public/2024-07/20240213%20Chad%20JZocherman%20Protection%200021-Edited-21x9%20%281%29.jpg?itok=TzEgYaDb 220w, /sites/default/files/styles/landscape_4x3_640px_wide/public/2024-07/20240213%20Chad%20JZocherman%20Protection%200021-Edited-21x9%20%281%29.jpg?itok=md2G4HDp 640w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 392px, (min-width: 641px) 288px, (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 1rem), 320px" /></div><figcaption class="rplc-teaser-image-link-box-1__text-wrapper"><div class="rplc-teaser-image-link-box-1__caption-wrapper"><h3 class="rplc-teaser-image-link-box-1__title">Education</h3><p class="rplc-teaser-image-link-box-1__summary"><div>Education is the ultimate empowerment tool for children, their families and communities to survive and recover from conflict or crisis.</div></p></div></figcaption></figure></a></div></li><li class="rpll-three-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-image-link-box-1"><a href="/outcome/empowerment" class="rplc-teaser-image-link-box-1__wrapper-link" aria-label="Empowerment"><figure class="rplc-teaser-image-link-box-1__inner-wrapper"><div class="rplc-teaser-image-link-box-1__image-wrapper"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_4x3_220px_wide/public/2023-11/20220125_Richmond_AOberstadt_38-Hero-16x9px%20%281%29.jpg?itok=4uwTTFg6" alt="An Afghan refugee poses for a photo while holding her skateboard." srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_4x3_220px_wide/public/2023-11/20220125_Richmond_AOberstadt_38-Hero-16x9px%20%281%29.jpg?itok=4uwTTFg6 220w, /sites/default/files/styles/landscape_4x3_640px_wide/public/2023-11/20220125_Richmond_AOberstadt_38-Hero-16x9px%20%281%29.jpg?itok=WHo0LX3o 640w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 392px, (min-width: 641px) 288px, (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 1rem), 320px" /></div><figcaption class="rplc-teaser-image-link-box-1__text-wrapper"><div class="rplc-teaser-image-link-box-1__caption-wrapper"><h3 class="rplc-teaser-image-link-box-1__title">Empowerment</h3><p class="rplc-teaser-image-link-box-1__summary"><div>If people do not know their rights or have the power to make important decisions, they will struggle to improve their lives.</div></p></div></figcaption></figure></a></div></li><li class="rpll-three-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-image-link-box-1"><a href="/outcome/health" class="rplc-teaser-image-link-box-1__wrapper-link" aria-label="Health"><figure class="rplc-teaser-image-link-box-1__inner-wrapper"><div class="rplc-teaser-image-link-box-1__image-wrapper"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_4x3_220px_wide/public/2024-07/20231107_Afghanistan_MAzizi_Bamiyan_Mobile%20Health_ECHO_%2035-Edited-21x9.jpg?itok=u1X0LegD" alt="A smiling child in Afghanistan has their height measured." srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_4x3_220px_wide/public/2024-07/20231107_Afghanistan_MAzizi_Bamiyan_Mobile%20Health_ECHO_%2035-Edited-21x9.jpg?itok=u1X0LegD 220w, /sites/default/files/styles/landscape_4x3_640px_wide/public/2024-07/20231107_Afghanistan_MAzizi_Bamiyan_Mobile%20Health_ECHO_%2035-Edited-21x9.jpg?itok=l_Lo9ah_ 640w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 392px, (min-width: 641px) 288px, (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 1rem), 320px" /></div><figcaption class="rplc-teaser-image-link-box-1__text-wrapper"><div class="rplc-teaser-image-link-box-1__caption-wrapper"><h3 class="rplc-teaser-image-link-box-1__title">Health</h3><p class="rplc-teaser-image-link-box-1__summary"><div>Millions of people, particularly women and children, die from preventable causes in countries affected by conflict and natural disasters.</div></p></div></figcaption></figure></a></div></li><li class="rpll-three-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-image-link-box-1"><a href="/outcome/safety" class="rplc-teaser-image-link-box-1__wrapper-link" aria-label="Safety"><figure class="rplc-teaser-image-link-box-1__inner-wrapper"><div class="rplc-teaser-image-link-box-1__image-wrapper"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_4x3_220px_wide/public/hero/1077/hero-image/20160311_jhilton_idomeni_011.jpg?itok=5TeF8zKP" alt="A mother holds her toddler daughter and looks out from their tent on a cloudy day in a refugee camp in Idomeni, Greece." srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_4x3_220px_wide/public/hero/1077/hero-image/20160311_jhilton_idomeni_011.jpg?itok=5TeF8zKP 220w, /sites/default/files/styles/landscape_4x3_640px_wide/public/hero/1077/hero-image/20160311_jhilton_idomeni_011.jpg?itok=cZl4YDyn 640w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 392px, (min-width: 641px) 288px, (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 1rem), 320px" /></div><figcaption class="rplc-teaser-image-link-box-1__text-wrapper"><div class="rplc-teaser-image-link-box-1__caption-wrapper"><h3 class="rplc-teaser-image-link-box-1__title">Safety</h3><p class="rplc-teaser-image-link-box-1__summary"><div>Trapped in countries plagued by crisis, many people cannot access resources they need to ensure their own safety.</div></p></div></figcaption></figure></a></div></li><li class="rpll-three-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-image-link-box-1"><a href="/outcome/women-girls" class="rplc-teaser-image-link-box-1__wrapper-link" aria-label="Women & Girls"><figure class="rplc-teaser-image-link-box-1__inner-wrapper"><div class="rplc-teaser-image-link-box-1__image-wrapper"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_4x3_220px_wide/public/2024-06/20230127%20Lebanon%20DKhamissy%20Aya%20068%E2%80%93Hero-June2024.jpg?itok=CwU-VOU-" alt="A young woman smiles at the camera in Lebanon. Behind her, other young women speak to an IRC staff member." srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_4x3_220px_wide/public/2024-06/20230127%20Lebanon%20DKhamissy%20Aya%20068%E2%80%93Hero-June2024.jpg?itok=CwU-VOU- 220w, /sites/default/files/styles/landscape_4x3_640px_wide/public/2024-06/20230127%20Lebanon%20DKhamissy%20Aya%20068%E2%80%93Hero-June2024.jpg?itok=g4Rq_QRS 640w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 392px, (min-width: 641px) 288px, (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 1rem), 320px" /></div><figcaption class="rplc-teaser-image-link-box-1__text-wrapper"><div class="rplc-teaser-image-link-box-1__caption-wrapper"><h3 class="rplc-teaser-image-link-box-1__title">Women & Girls</h3><p class="rplc-teaser-image-link-box-1__summary"><div>With the right support and investment, women and girls can change their own future and uplift entire communities. They can change the world.</div></p></div></figcaption></figure></a></div></li></ul></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="l-embeddable-row"><div id="31334" class="rplc-infographic-wheel" data-rpl-canvas-color='neutral-very-dark-gray'><div class="rplm-section-heading rplm-section-heading--white"><div class="rplm-section-heading__title-icon-wrapper"><h2 class="rplm-section-heading__title">Where we're going</h2></div><div class="rpla-paragraph"><p class="rpla-paragraph">Six strategic objectives drive greater impact in our work in the U.S. and internationally. <a href="/page/strategy100-empowering-people-crisis-and-beyond" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Learn more about our strategy.</a></p></div></div><div class="rplc-infographic-wheel__content" data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-infographic-wheel__circle"></div><div class="rplc-infographic-wheel__outer-wrapper"><div class="rplc-infographic-wheel__inner-wrapper"><div 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