Teen Voices
Refugee Girls Often Left Behind Without Education
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If it wasn’t for the Yale Refugee Project, girls like Noor wouldn’t be getting the services she needs after she left her home in Syria.
Teen Voices
Afghan Girl Dreams of Going Home Again
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Zahra used to live in Afghanistan before she came to the U.S. She’d like to go back some day, but doesn’t know if that will be possible.
humanitarian crisis
In Croatia, Women Who Volunteered in Refugee Crisis Tap a Wider Gender Gap
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When a university student started helping refugees by offering them tea and blankets and playing with the children, male classmates asked strange questions. “Are you expecting to be rewarded for that? Are you going to get money?”
World Humanitarian Summit
Reproductive Health Urged to be at Heart of Humanitarian Crisis Response
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Politicians and activists at the recent World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul highlighted the dire consequences of overlooking reproductive and sexual health care in crises. A series of new commitments and projects were announced to address this growing need.
Commentary
In Today’s Refugees I Am Finding My Mother’s Memories
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Traveling through Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia with the Women’s Refugee Commission was eerie. So much of what I heard echoed my own family’s experience, decades ago.
Crime & Law
New Year’s Eve Attacks in Cologne, Germany, Spread Aftershocks
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The massive attacks, which ranged from groping to rape and involved men having a “North African or Arabic” appearance, are beginning to reshape Germany’s open-door policy on refugees. At the same time, women’s rights activists are flagging missteps by police and politicians.
Afghanistan
In Pakistan, Afghan Female Refugees Describe Life in Sector I-12
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Pakistan, which hosts one of the world’s largest refugee populations, has been trying for years to repatriate Afghans driven out by the Taliban. For Afghan women in this U.N. refugee settlement, life is bleak but not as dangerous as going home.
Turkey
Kurdish Women in Turkey Weigh Presidential Stakes
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For these urban transplants, the symbolic candidate Selahattin Demirtas is best. But Erdogan is also courting them with the possibility of a ceasefire and peace.
Abortion
Saudi Heads Newspaper; Fleeing Syrians in Top Stress
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Somayya Jabarti is the first woman in Saudi Arabia to head a newspaper. Also this week, Syrian women who have fled to Lebanon are suffering severe stress and health problems.
Child Marriage
For Syrian Refugees, Early Marriages End Early
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Early marriages are subject to special pressures in the unstable conditions of refugee camp life in Jordan. The divorces that follow can be complicated by the questionable legal standing in which marriages are conducted.