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Month: June 2021
“I can help women raise their voices”: Halatu’s story
Concerned that women had to trek nearly 10km to the nearest food distribution point, Halatu, a South Sudanese refugee and her women’s group in the Omugo refugee settlement in Uganda, helped to organize a peaceful boycott to successfully advocate for the food distribution point to be moved closer to the community.
Marking World Refugee Day: “Despite the dark realities of daily life, displaced women—as they so often do—are rising”
Sofia Sprechmann Sineiro, Secretary General of CARE International, shares her thoughts on World Refugee Day about the incredible power of women leadership in crisis contexts.
15 Minutes on Refugee Inclusion and Leadership
We’re marking World Refugee Day with a special two-part episode of Minutes to Change the World. Our inspiring guests are Masa Kateb and Tsering Norzom Thonsur, two members of the Refugee Advisory Network—which advocates for meaningful inclusion of refugee leaders in policy and decision making processes that directly affect the lives of refugees.
“I am a proud woman”: Nyoka’s story
Turpaina Nyoka fled the conflict in South Sudan in May 2018 together with her seven children and was resettled in Uganda’s Rhino Camp Settlement, Terego District. She shares her inspiring story:
“We must trust ourselves and support each other”: Loujain’s Story
See how Loujain, a Syrian refugee living in Turkey, has become a leader in her community, producing face masks for children and supporting and empowering other women.