Ending Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) – UNHCR Acts
Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) is a violation of human rights. It denies the human dignity of the individual and hurts human development. UNHCR is committed to ending all forms of SGBV by working to prevent such violence before it happens and responding to...
UNHCR focuses on preparations for Mosul exodus
A military operation to retake Iraq’s second city has so far uprooted a few thousand people, allowing the UN Refugee Agency to focus on continued preparations ahead of the expected exodus. The unfolding Iraqi military assault on Mosul has so far uprooted only a few...
UNHCR delivers aid in Yemen, welcomes ceasefire
More than 125,000 displaced people in the embattled southern town of Taizz in Yemen have received emergency supplies as part of a new aid push, UNHCR said today. The UN Refugee Agency said the latest aid distributions were part of an on-going humanitarian response...