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RSS![Woman standing in front of a village preparing a meal](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2022-07/Unprecedented%20hunger%20in%20the%20Sahel%20featured%20image.jpg?itok=sz59AaPE)
Never have so many millions faced starvation in the Sahel (Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, and Nigeria).
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- Field blog
In early 2020, a category 5 cyclone, Harold, caused widespread damage on the Pacific archipelago nation of Vanuatu.
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![Ventilators from Swedish EU stockpile save COVID-19 patients’ lives in Latvia](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2022-04/ICF2100013_DG-ECHO_Homepage_Story%206_420x280px_SE.jpg?itok=18AP62YX)
COVID-19 patients in Latvia needed ventilators to keep breathing, but access to them was limited in other EU countries as well.
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- Field blog
![People extracting a victim trapped in a vehicle.](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2022-11/Victory%20requires%20preparation%2002.jpg?itok=avSLtVeW)
In the wake of an emergency, first responders must be ready to react swiftly in aid of people affected, for example, by natural hazards.
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- Photo story
![Desert landscape with a woman holding goods on her head](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2022-11/visual_blog_sudan_1000.jpg?itok=okkw9ybF)
For millions of women around the world, gender-based violence is a daily, ugly reality.
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- Field blog
![Photo of 4 civil protection colleagues](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2022-05/War%20in%20Ukraine%20-%20coordinating%20the%20largest-ever%20EU%20civil%20protection%20operation%20featured%20media_0.jpg?itok=OJpY2edN)
In response to Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine in February, the European Commission is running its largest-ever operation under the EU Civil Protection Mechanism.
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- Field blog
![Woman in front of a bus with a child inside it](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2022-04/War%20in%20Ukraine%20-%20displaced%20women%20and%20children%20desperately%20hoping%20to%20return%20home%20one%20day%2001.jpg?itok=RyOEZ5LE)
Russia’s war against Ukraine is causing human suffering, loss of life and displacement.
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- Photo story
It's been more than a week of pain, loss and grief. But it has also been more than a week of extraordinary bravery, solidarity and humanity.
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![A man standing at a concrete well taking out water](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2022-11/West%20Bank%20-%20no%20olive%20branch%20during%20olive%20harvesting%2001.jpg?itok=MMYrKE0n)
It is olive harvesting time in the Middle East. Unfortunately, no olive branch is being extended in Palestine.
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- Field blog
![When suffering knocks at your door 01](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-05/when_suffering_knocks_at_your_door_v1.jpg?itok=PxB3TTt_)
Since 2009, the conflict in northeastern Nigeria has resulted in one of Africa’s most dramatic humanitarian crises in recent years.
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- Field blog
![2 women bended over a sewing machine](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-11/yemen%20story%20featured%20image.jpg?itok=znpGW6qy)
After more than 8 years of conflict, we remain committed to the humanitarian response
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![A woman holding her child on her arms standing on a gallery, in the background clothes drying on a washingline.](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2024-03/Women%20and%20girls%20in%20Gaza%2001.jpg?h=40a97398&itok=EJqiyLug)
In times of complex crises, when normality is shattered by the brutal consequences of an all-out war that leaves no one safe and forces scores of people to displace, women and girls become extremely exposed to all kinds of risks.
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- Field blog
![Seham wearing work gloves and protective glasses.](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-08/Women%20empowerment%20in%20Jordan%2005.jpg?itok=p0-wkl1g)
Refurbishing an antique nightstand or resetting a tripped circuit breaker are seemingly straightforward household tasks, yet many of us turn to a trustworthy handyperson for help.
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- Photo story
![Photo of a hand on a brodery](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-03/Women%20in%20Yemen%2001.jpg?itok=f6viBmOS)
Rehman* was married off to an abusive man at age 15. “During our year of marriage, I lived a very hard life full of violence and abuse,” she says now living as a displaced person in the governorate of Hajjah.
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![Woman sitting in the evening dawn](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-03/Women-s%20voices%20from%20post-earthquake%20Syria%2001.jpg?itok=9eQB4EEF)
International Women’s Day, commemorated every year on the 8th of March, marks women’s achievements and spurs us all to focus more on women’s rights and gender equality. But across northwest Syria, the mood is sombre.
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![Line of walking women with parcels on their shoulders](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2022-12/Yemen%20-%20women%20migrants%20tragic%20odyssey%2002.jpg?itok=Gf5zd5Bg)
On International Migrants Day, we take a moment to shine a light on their fate, especially that of women and girls, away from the headlines.
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- Field blog