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Afghanistan

Christina Lamb on the urgent needs of Afghan women and girls

Christina Lamb has written nine books, many of them exploring the impacts of war and displacement on women and girls.

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Afghanistan

“A crisis of hunger and starvation”

Conflict, climate-related disasters and COVID-19 have created unprecedented levels of food insecurity, leaving a staggering number of Afghan families one step away from famine.

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Myanmar

Refugee women take the lead in combating gender-based violence

Refugee women are often best placed to lead interventions on gender-based violence and other issues affecting their communities. All they need is support and resources.

Refugee men from South Sudan
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South Sudan

A brother’s burden

When shooting broke out in Malakal, capital of South Sudan’s Upper Nile state, Dak’s immediate thoughts were of his younger brother Muon, stuck at home in a wheelchair.

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Syria

Caught in the Crossfire

As bombs fell around her home in Syria, Yemen ran to the kitchen in terror searching for her mother, Dayane.

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Nigeria

The boy who was buried alive and survived

Thirty-three-year-old Sarratou will never forget the day when dozens of heavily armed Boko Haram insurgents ambushed her village in Nigeria’s Borno State.

Manishimwe Shalom watering his vegetable nursery bed at the vocational training centre in Kyaka II
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Uganda

Meaningful jobs for refugees in Uganda

The first graduates from the VTC enter the workforce.

Joelle Sanounou, winner of the inaugural Australia for UNHCR Beddie Scholarship
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Australia

Introducing: Joelle Sanounou

Announcing the Australia for UNHCR Beddie Scholarship winner

Two Syrian girls arrive at a newly established camp in Maaret Misrin in Idlib province
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Syria

Syrian conflict forces parents to make unimaginable decisions

Almost 900,000 people flee conflict upsurge

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