Tag: IRC

The IRC and the Sustainable Hospitality Alliance aim to drive the hospitality industry in empowering and supporting refugees.

Stuart Mitchell

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is partnering with the Sustainable Hospitality Alliance to engage the hospitality sector in helping people affected by humanitarian crises and disasters. With almost 100 million people who are currently forcibly displaced worldwide, the partnership will see both organisations act in close collaboration to make the world’s hospitality industry aware of how they can work with and support refugee communities.From facilitating skills training and offering employment, to providing temporary accommodation to refugees as they resettle to the new communities they will call home, there are multiple…

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Leading NGOs, IRC and Water For People, Join Forces to Reach 200 Million

Stuart Mitchell

IRC CEO, Patrick Moriarty, and Water For People CEO, Eleanor Allen, have announced ‘Destination 2030,’ a shared vision to reach 200 million people by 2030 through the establishment of a formal alliance aimed at accelerating progress toward achieving Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6) – water and sanitation for all. In response to the fast-approaching 2030 SDG deadline, IRC and Water For People will now join forces to develop Destination 2030, a joint effort to close the gap for the estimated 2 billion plus people globally who still lack sustainable…

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10 of my favourite International Women’s Day campaigns

Stuart Mitchell

I think I am just about caught up on the International Women’s Day backlog. It’s been so great to see so many brilliant campaign so here’s 10 of my favourite campaigns – in no particular order. Sense New York look to #CelebrateWomen for International Women’s Day IRC release film showing 8 steps we can take to support women and girls FCB Inferno Launches ‘Queen Rules’ to Challenge Gender Bias With Playing Cards FCB Amsterdam and Wefilm launch It Won’t Stick campaign for International Women’s Day Barbie(R) Honors Global Role Models…

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IRC release film showing 8 steps we can take to support women and girls

Stuart Mitchell

To mark International Women’s Day 2018 the International Rescue Committee (IRC) have released a new film.   The IRC gave cameras to IRC women working on the front line of humanitarian aid so they can tell the world what needs to be done to end violence and discrimination against women and girls. They also released a blog post to accompany the film here, highlighting 8 things we can do to support women and girls reproduced below. 1. Listen to survivors Listening to survivors reveals the shocking levels of violence women and girls…

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