Conflict

Diary of An Afghan Woman

"How did they have the courage and strength to run from the bombs, through the cities and the snipers and the rebels and Assad’s army and ISIS to this hopeless barren potato field?"

I Fear for my Daughter's Life and My Own

Immigration is tough, very tough.

To think of the danger it was to leave my country, to come here, is less than to know that my daughter could have died that day.

Wilmot Collins - Mayor of Helena, Montana

So the man started flogging me. See the scars? All over my body!

I had no rights, no freedom to choose my path.

"Refugees experience all kinds of trauma prior to, during, and after their journeys to safety..."

"Refugees have often known extreme hunger, sleeplessness, frostbite, sunstroke, ... various sicknesses and ailments that have gone untreated during long periods preceding their flight and during the journey itself..."

"Of the 71 million forcibly displaced people in the world, 41 million are displaced within their own countries..."

I pray most of all for my children who are still in Afghanistan and Iran.

"I only want to be treated like a human being. I just want to be free and to live in peace and safety..."

Whilst safe from the Myanmar military in the camps, Rohingya women remain at risk due to gender-based and sexual violence, discrimination, human trafficking and health problems

If you have a child, you will understand how I feel.

I have missed three years of their lives. I will never get them back.