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International Rescue Committee Inc

IRC

The International Rescue Committee provides emergency relief and long-term assistance to people affected by conflict and disaster in over 40 countries.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Jutta Urpilainen (Commissioner) and OXFAM INTERNATIONAL EU ADVOCACY OFFICE and

28 May 2020 · Roundtable with Civil Society (NGOs)-The EU global response to COVID-19

Meeting with Ylva Johansson (Commissioner) and

5 May 2020 · Migrants’ challenges in the current COVID-19 crisis and their contribution to economic recovery

Meeting with Kim-Tobias Eling (Cabinet of Commissioner Janez Lenarčič)

20 Apr 2020 · Covid-19 response

Meeting with Kim-Tobias Eling (Cabinet of Commissioner Janez Lenarčič)

6 Apr 2020 · Humanitarian aid and Covid-19

Response to EU Action Plan of Gender equality and women’s empowerment in external relations for 2021-2025

3 Apr 2020

The IRC welcomes the possibility offered by the European Commission to provide feedback on this Roadmap leading to the draft of the new EU GAPIII 2021 – 2025. Among the various crises in which we operate, the IRC considers protection and empowerment of women and girls (WaG) in crises and emergencies as a cornerstone of its response, as they continue to be systematically left behind and discriminated against. We ask the EU to ensure the needs of WaG in humanitarian crises are adequately included in the Joint Communication. It will not be enough to simply mention these WaG as “particularly vulnerable”. The EU must actively mitigate the barriers crisis affected WaG face to their safety, resilience and empowerment, by focusing on the following: 1.Gender Based Violence (GBV): The IRC welcomes the reference in the Roadmap to ensuring WaG “live free from violence and harmful practices including women in humanitarian crisis or fragile contexts”. The EU needs to shift the vicious cycle of underfunding GBV prevention and response, and commit to triple funding to meet the GBV minimum standards and deploy GBV experts from the onset of every emergency to ensure that GBV needs are accurately assessed and reflected in humanitarian response plans. This will help ensure comprehensive approaches to GBV and create safe spaces for all WaG in crisis settings to access case management, psychosocial support and other services, in line with SDG 5. 2.Women’s economic empowerment (WEE): The Roadmap references “women and girls should fully enjoy social and economic rights” in line with GAP II where WEE figured as one of its four pivotal areas. This emphasis should be maintained in GAP III, while including explicit commitments for women in crisis settings and forcibly displaced women. They are marginalised by intersecting inequalities and face economic exploitation, social and legal barriers to decent work and increased economic burdens. The EU must support sustained, multi-year, multi-sector interventions that build women’s financial inclusion and economic self-reliance in crisis settings, and have WEE as a primary objective. The IRC will gladly share its expertise on how to build these multi-sector interventions, as illustrated in our report “Choices, chances and safety in crisis” (attached). Once refugee women have access to labour markets and gender pay gaps are closed, they could generate up to $1.4 trillion to annual global GDP (https://www.rescue.org/report/rescueworks-unlocking-refugee-womens-potential). 3.Feminist Action for Climate Justice: The IRC welcomes the inclusion of climate change in the scope of GAP III. The EU should recognize the disproportionate impact of climate change on WaG in fragile and least developed countries through support for their resilience and adaptive capacity through climate-smart livelihood interventions that increase WEE and equip displaced populations with the skills to prepare for climate related shocks. 4.Feminist Movements: The IRC welcomes the recognition of the importance of working closely with women-led organisations and civil society. The EU should use a feminist analysis in considering the vulnerabilities brought upon WaG because of the current patriarchal system. Feminists, especially from the Global South, who are experts in humanitarian response should be supported to participate in the consultations to ensure their perspective is included. The EU should resource partnerships with local women-led organizations in crisis settings, both in their capacity as first responders and as local agents of change, by providing multi-year flexible funding to support local women’s movement building. 5.Reporting, monitoring and evaluation: GAP III should be accompanied by clear, measurable, time-bound indicators. The EU should invest in collecting disaggregated data, including data for displaced populations, and support partners to do so, in order to understand the impact of interventions on those furthest behind
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Meeting with Janez Lenarčič (Commissioner) and

3 Apr 2020 · Humanitarian assistance and Covid-19

Meeting with Margaritis Schinas (Vice-President)

15 Feb 2020 · Migration

Meeting with Josep Borrell Fontelles (High Representative)

15 Feb 2020 · Humanitarian situation in Syria, Yemen, Sahel and Venezuela

Meeting with Ylva Johansson (Commissioner) and

14 Feb 2020 · Consultations on the New Pact on Migrations

Meeting with Kasia Jurczak (Cabinet of Commissioner Janez Lenarčič)

11 Feb 2020 · Education in emergencies.

Meeting with Janez Lenarčič (Commissioner) and

18 Dec 2019 · Humanitarain Aid Policy and Main Crises

Meeting with Margaritis Schinas (Vice-President) and

3 Dec 2019 · Migration

Meeting with Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President)

18 Jun 2019 · Situation of migrants in Libya and resettlement policy

Meeting with Christos Stylianides (Commissioner) and

18 Jun 2019 · Discussion on humanitarian crisis worlwide and IRC partnership

Meeting with Michel Barnier (Head of Task Force Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom) and Airbus and

16 Feb 2019 · Meeting with the Task Force for the Preparation and Conduct of the Negotiations with the United Kingdom under Article 50 TEU

Meeting with Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President)

25 Sept 2018 · Migration, Future of Europe

Meeting with Christos Stylianides (Commissioner) and

25 Sept 2018 · Humanitarian operations

Meeting with Davinia Wood (Cabinet of Commissioner Christos Stylianides)

13 Sept 2018 · UNGA preparation

Meeting with Zacharias Giakoumis (Cabinet of Commissioner Christos Stylianides)

27 Jun 2018 · Exchange of views on the humanitarian situation in Bangladesh and the Rohingya refugee response

Meeting with Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President) and

16 Feb 2018 · Migration policy

Meeting with Davinia Wood (Cabinet of Commissioner Christos Stylianides)

30 Jan 2018 · FPA Lybia Bangladesh

Meeting with Christos Stylianides (Commissioner)

24 Jan 2018 · FPA

Meeting with Christian Danielsson (Director-General Enlargement and Eastern Neighbourhood)

21 Nov 2017 · Neighbourhood policy and Enlargement negotiations

Meeting with Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President)

20 Nov 2017 · Discussion on the state of play of the migration

Meeting with Zacharias Giakoumis (Cabinet of Commissioner Christos Stylianides)

7 Nov 2017 · exchange of views

Meeting with Liene Balta (Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

5 Oct 2017 · Exchange of views on EU Agenda Migration issues

Meeting with Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President)

16 Sept 2017 · Migration and Asylum policies

Meeting with Davinia Wood (Cabinet of Commissioner Christos Stylianides)

3 Jul 2017 · Greece

Meeting with Sohail Luka (Cabinet of Commissioner Christos Stylianides)

12 Jun 2017 · Syria/Iraq

Meeting with Davinia Wood (Cabinet of Commissioner Christos Stylianides)

23 Mar 2017 · Refugee situation in Greece and Bulgaria

Meeting with Mathieu Briens (Cabinet of Commissioner Christos Stylianides)

21 Mar 2017 · Humanitarian Priorities 2017

Meeting with Emma Udwin (Cabinet of Vice-President Johannes Hahn)

21 Mar 2017 · Syria Conference and Libya

Meeting with Liene Balta (Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

9 Mar 2017 · Migration and asylum issues

Meeting with Mathieu Briens (Cabinet of Commissioner Christos Stylianides)

28 Feb 2017 · Niger Country Director

Meeting with Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President)

18 Feb 2017 · Migration and asylum policies

Meeting with Christos Stylianides (Commissioner)

15 Dec 2016 · Greece

Meeting with Davinia Wood (Cabinet of Commissioner Christos Stylianides)

1 Dec 2016 · Greece and Serbia refugee crisis

Meeting with Davinia Wood (Cabinet of Commissioner Christos Stylianides)

28 Sept 2016 · Refugee Crisis

Meeting with Christos Stylianides (Commissioner)

8 Sept 2016 · Greece, Niger/Nigeria, Syria, UNGA

Meeting with Ann Mettler (Director-General Inspire, Debate, Engage and Accelerate Action)

7 Sept 2016 · Global Refugee Crisis

Meeting with Monique Pariat (Director-General European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations)

7 Sept 2016 · Courtesy visit

Meeting with Christos Stylianides (Commissioner)

2 Sept 2016 · Greece

Meeting with Christos Stylianides (Commissioner)

11 Aug 2016 · Greece

Meeting with Christos Stylianides (Commissioner)

24 May 2016 · current humanitarian crises

Meeting with Christos Stylianides (Commissioner) and

22 Apr 2016 · Migration crisis, WHS major humanitarian crises

Meeting with Christos Stylianides (Commissioner) and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and

19 Apr 2016 · launch of contracts for emergency support regulation

Meeting with Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President)

21 Jan 2016 · EU Affairs in general, Migration, Sustainable Development, Better Regulation

Meeting with Davinia Wood (Cabinet of Commissioner Christos Stylianides)

11 Nov 2015 · International Refugee Crisis

Meeting with Mathieu Briens (Cabinet of Commissioner Christos Stylianides)

17 Jul 2015 · IRC report on humanitarian situation in RCA

Meeting with Kim-Tobias Eling (Cabinet of Commissioner Christos Stylianides)

11 Jun 2015 · Review of IRC's humanitarian advocacy work (with Dalberg Group)

Meeting with Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President)

2 Mar 2015 · European affairs

Meeting with Claus Sorensen (Director-General European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations)

2 Mar 2015 · Meeting on current crises

Meeting with Kristalina Georgieva (Vice-President)

27 Jan 2015 · Budgetary situation of EU external assistance; hot crises

Meeting with Fernando Frutuoso De Melo (Director-General Directorate-General for International Partnerships)

27 Jan 2015 · Coopération entre DEVCO et IRC en faveur des réfugiés