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This International Women’s Day, we’re sharing the stories of women whose strength and resilience serve as inspiration for people around the world.
Suzanne Ehlers, Executive Director and CEO of USA for UNHCR, invites supporters to meet Halima, Naheed and Iryna—three women refugees whose stories of strength and resilience deserve our attention.
On International Women's Day we celebrate the incredible resilience of refugee women and girls around the world. Despite hardships and trauma endured, refugee women are the lifeblood of their communities.
Nine years into the war in Syria, Syrian refugee women continue to create opportunities from very little, overcoming some of the most difficult situations to protect their families and achieve their goals. This International Women’s Day, we pay tribute to their incredible strength and resilience.
On International Women’s Day we celebrate refugee women who have overcome incredible obstacles to help themselves, their families and their communities.
Today on the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we’re celebrating three women who are overcoming remarkable challenges to pursue their respective fields.
Are women and girls seeking refuge in Europe exposed to special risks? A task force of experts says yes.
In refugee communities, women and girls play an important role in implementing healthy practices and helping those in need. On World Health Day, check out these five ways refugee women and girls are making the world a healthier place.
Meet five young refugee women who are beating the odds and chasing their dreams by pursuing careers in STEM fields.
Women refugees take up key roles as a community representatives, teachers and even road workers in Bangladesh.
Meet three refugee women overcoming extraordinary challenges to support their families and communities during the pandemic.
Climate change is the defining crisis of our time. This Earth Day, learn about the refugee women who are leading on climate action in their communities.
“Resilience is a word used too easily, but with Aunty Rose and Mimi, and later all the women I met in the camp, I found its true meaning." -Giles Duley, from HUMANITY No.12
Women and girls like Sandrine are the lifeblood of their family and community, but a lack of opportunity and resources limits their ability to gain independence.
Syrian refugee women learn the techniques of traditional carpet-making to help distract their minds from the those they left behind.
Let us not forget that most people of our concern live far from a world in which women are treated equally and without discrimination.
UNHCR High Commissioner states that the empowerment of women is vital to better resolve a multitude of problems facing the world.
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is threatening the lives and rights of refugee, displaced and stateless women and girls, UNHCR warns on International Women’s Day.
Recurrent conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's North Kivu province is uprooting civilians and exposing an increasing number of women, girls and men to rape.
UNHCR's protection chief Volker Türk highlights the key role of Syrian refugee women at a conference in London.
On International Women’s Day, we are shining the spotlight on five remarkable stories of women who have gone the extra mile to welcome and empower refugees in the United States.
Mana and Ghalia are starting a driving school exclusively for women in the Dakhla camp to empower young people and foster community spirit.
Check out these three UNHCR-supported programs that are helping empower displaced women and girls, allowing them to build a safer community for all.
More than 145,000 Syrian refugee families– or one in four households – are headed by women facing a lone fight for survival, a new UNHCR report reveals today.
Recent decrees issued by Afghanistan’s de facto authorities have placed further restrictions on women’s movements and participation in public life.