Samuelson has been volunteering to pass on her Muay Thai skills as a means of self-defence. She says the priority is not so ...

In a small room in Kampala, over cups of coffee and quiet conversation, Sudanese refugee women gather to speak about what ...

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 ...

GENEVA (UNHCR) - Five years ago, Congolese refugee Mbela Nzuzi would never have thought of herself as a leader. Today, she is not only a refugee leader in Bucharest, Romania, but also the lead singer ...

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 ...

A tournament that included a team of refugee women's soccer players from Afghanistan has been moved to Morocco and shifted to later this week, FIFA confirmed Wednesday. The tournament, dubbed FIFA ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- On this episode of Here and Now, we have the latest on local efforts to help Haitian refugees seeking asylum in our area. Brooklyn-based group 'Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees,' ...

In 2015, Germany opened its borders to hundreds of thousands — many fleeing Syria and Afghanistan. But many women who arrived in the last 10 years do not work. What hurdles do they face, and how are ...

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

SALT LAKE CITY — Inside a kitchen in Salt Lake City, women from around the world are rising to become the next generation of culinary chefs in Utah — including Ziaab Adam, who came to the United ...

The woman, a citizen of Somalia, was detained by ICE agents in Minnesota on Jan. 16.

This year’s Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Nadia Murad and Dr. Denis Mukwege. This award brings much needed attention to the human rights abuses encountered by women in war-torn countries. Murad is ...