The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is an impartial, neutral and independent organization founded in 1863. The ICRC has a legal mandate from the international community that is grounded in the Geneva Conventions and the ICRC's own statutes. The organization's objectives are exclusively humanitarian and aim to protect the lives and dignity of victims of war and internal violence. The ICRC website contains sections dedicated to
Women and War (covering the specific dangers and suffering confronting women in wartime) and
Women and War and International Humanitarian Law (on the protection accorded specifically to women by humanitarian law.) Both sections provide a wealth of information on the topic of women and armed conflict including links to key documents; ICRC publications; the International Review of the Red Cross; Official Statements of the ICRC; Fact sheets; Reports and Field Reports; Audio-visual sources; and links to other sites of interest.