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During humanitarian crises, women face disproportionate discrimination and violence. Over half of the nearly 90 million people displaced worldwide are women. Globally, approximately 65 million girls and women need humanitarian assistance and 450 million live in fragile settings. But through the International Rescue Committee’s work in forty countries, from Afghanistan to Somalia, Pakistan to Colombia, we also know that women are at the forefront of delivering aid and essential services to people who are impacted by conflict and disaster.

Liberia: Experts Call for Sustained Advocacy, Coordinated Effort in Curbing Sexual and Gender-Based Violence at Cummings Africa Foundation’s sponsored Anti-Rape, SGBV Forum Liberia: Experts Call for Sustained Advocacy, Coordinated Effort in Curbing Sexual and Gender-Based Violence at Cummings Africa Foundation’s sponsored Anti-Rape, SGBV Forum Share Speaking on the theme “Understanding Liberia’s Rape Crisis- How Do We overcome it Together,” the panelists, in separate remarks, called for concrete reforms to shape cultural attitudes and robust sets of preventative measures to tackle t...

Dr. Francien Chenoweth Richardson The Cummings Africa Foundation (CAF) has commenced a four-day Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) trauma training for community leaders, healthcare professionals, policymakers and civil society organizations. The training that began on Wednesday, January 6, 2021 at a local resort (Musu Spot) in Congo Town, focuses on establishing key concepts and approaches to persons who may have very little or no knowledge working with SGBV trauma survivors and develop the capacity of those who are currently working in the SGBV prevention and response arena but require...