ESMERALDAS, Ecuador, May 14 (UNHCR) - Alba* fled from her home in Colombia a year ago, fearing for her life after receiving death threats and suffering sexual violence from members of an illegal armed ...

United States-based female refugee soccer players from Afghanistan will not have access to FIFA-organised training camps that determine the selection process for the newly-created Afghanistan women’s ...

With the Trump administration’s sweeping cuts to refugee agency services, religious congregations have been filling the gap.

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STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. — In a large, empty parking lot outside Atlanta, one car slowly careened around parking spaces. From the passenger seat, driving instructor Nancy Gobran peered over large ...

CAIRO, Egypt (UNHCR) - For many of the 3,400 Sudanese refugee women struggling through the tiresome rhythm of Cairo life, their daily routine revolves around surviving the wounds of the past, ...

Five Moroccan women have been successfully repatriated from the Al-Hol refugee camp in northeastern Syria. The return was facilitated through extensive administrative and legal coordination between ...

FIFA permitted Afghan Women United to represent Afghanistan in official competitions, a significant change to regulations that run counter to the wishes of the Taliban-controlled government. Typically ...

According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, more than 117 million people are displaced worldwide. Many of those displaced from their homes are women and girls. In 2020, women and ...

An Afghanistan women's refugee team has been granted eligibility for international competitions, some five years after national team players fled their country's Taliban rule. The FIFA Council, ...