Kat Samuelson took up Muay Thai boxing two years ago and says she has not looked back.

BRASILIA, Brazil, August 22 (UNHCR) - In a sign of their growing visibility and support in Brazil, refugee delegates took part in the recent Second National Conference on Policies for Women here in ...

The theme of International Women’s Day this year is #PledgeForParity – seeking to narrow the gender gap in areas ranging from leadership to pay. Women and girls uprooted by war and unrest face ...

Afsana Najaf Zada walked into her basic English class on Wednesday morning in the fellowship hall of Faith Presbyterian Church, an old worship space still brightened by stained glass. Most of the ...

The refugees escaping the civil war in Sudan recount the violence which took the lives of many men and boys. That violence, they say, was directed towards those of particular tribes and skin colors.

Marmar Stewart walked through a newly renovated kitchen for an entrepreneurship program called Chef’s Club. The rented kitchen was used for community events but hadn’t been touched for more than 15 ...

We cannot depend on donors forever. Projects like GROW, supported by the World Bank, allow refugees to grow small businesses ...

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Areej Al-Hamad receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Reseach Council’s Insight Development Grant. Kateryna Metersky receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research ...

Donya* came to Germany in 2016. The trained midwife fled from Afghanistan with her 19-year-old son after her husband disappeared and she received death threats. "On my first night in Germany, I slept ...

It might be hard to picture what more than 10 million refugees looks like because it's human suffering on an unimaginable scale. But 10 million is the number of people who've been displaced by civil ...