Of the more than 16,000 refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Somalia, and Ethiopia, who live in Dzaleka Refugee Camp just outside of Lilongwe Malawi, the vast majority are women and children. Opportunities for employment within the camp are scarce, even for the male refugees, so often [...]

Globally an estimated 15.2 million individuals have officially been identified as refugees. Of those 15.2 million, 48% are female. That’s more than 7.3 million mothers, daughters, sisters, and wives, who by the very definition of ‘refugee’ are unable to return to their homes for reasons far beyond their control. These [...]