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May 27, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Beyond Just a Feel-Good Refrain

May 24, 2016 Commentary

Helping Older People When Disaster Strikes

May 24, 2016 Dispatches

No More Excuses: The Need for an Inclusive Humanitarian Response

Hamamatou, a 13-year-old girl polio survivor, was abandoned by her family after their village was attacked by anti-balaka forces in Central African Republic.

May 23, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Dignity at Stake for Refugees with Disabilities in Greece

Mud covers the deflated wheel of an Iraqi refugee’s wheelchair outside his tent at a makeshift camp for refugees and migrants at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni, Greece, March 17, 2016.

May 20, 2016 Commentary

LGBT People in Emergencies – Risks and Service Gaps

May 20, 2016 News Release

UN: Press Turkey to Open Border

Summit Should Tackle Responsibility for Refugees

A border guard manning Turkey’s closed border with Syria patrols near the Turkish village of Guvecci, February 7, 2016.

May 19, 2016 News Release

People with Disabilities at Risk in Conflict, Disaster

Endorse Global Guidelines for Inclusive Humanitarian Response

Screenshot taken from video footage of an Afghan woman with her 15-year-old daughter who has multiple disabilities on the ground outside the Moria registration camp on the Greek island of Lesbos. October 5, 2015.

May 19, 2016 Report

Leave No One Behind

Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Emergencies

Safi, 30, (right) a Syrian refugee from Aleppo, walks on highway M1 near Budapest, Hungary in an attempt to reach Vienna, Austria by foot.

May 19, 2016 Report

Greece: Refugee “Hotspots” Unsafe, Unsanitary

Women, Children Fearful, Unprotected; Lack Basic Shelter

May 17, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Give Syria’s Survivors a Voice

People stand near the damage after air strikes on May 5 hit a camp for internally displaced people in Syria's Idlib province near the Turkish border, May 7, 2016.

May 17, 2016 Commentary

In Crises: Left Behind, Left Out

May 16, 2016 News Release

US, Russia: Investigate Attacks on Civilians

Air Strikes on Camp, Killings in Village

May 16, 2016 Commentary

War is No Excuse for Depriving Children with Disabilities of an Education

May 16, 2016 News Release

Jordan: Ease Travel for Gaza Palestinians

Restrictions Block Educational, Economic Opportunity

A sign is seen at the Erez border crossing between Israel and northern Gaza Strip. Israel limits travel via the Erez Crossing to “exceptional humanitarian cases.”

May 12, 2016 Commentary

When Cities Become Death Traps

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