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In honor of International Day of the Girl and Women's History Month, we asked boys and girls in our Unaccompanied Children program to share their hopes and dreams for women and girls around the world through paintings, drawings, and self-portraits.

Rose, an ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ client in New York, was invited to speak at the United Nations' celebration of the International Day of Rural Women.

In 2018, the ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ assisted over 120,000 Syrian refugees and low-income Jordanians to access healthcare, protection, education and income generation opportunities. One of the recent changes that ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ staff have noticed is that Syrian women are taking on more of an income earning role than was the norm back in Syria and that this is creating changes in household dynamics.

The second class of POWER (Providing Opportunities for Women's Economic Resilience) professional community interpreters graduated on March 30th, 2017.

Bae Shae and Sui arrived in Texas as refugees eleven years ago. This year, the two women voted for the first time.

New York City refugee women are growing produce, community, and job skills at the ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ New Roots Community Farm in the Bronx

Earlier this year the ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ in Greece hosted cooking workshops for refugee and local women living on the Greek island of Lesbos. Some of the women who took part talked to us about their experience and shared the recipe of the dish they shared with the group. Hafeza shares her recipe for Afghan Bolani.

The United Nations Department of Public Information hosted Providing Opportunities for Women’s Economic Resilience (POWER) interpretation students for several field trips this past month.  The POWER interpretation program trains women with advanced language abilities in applying these skills towards careers in professional interpretation.