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RSSFemale and on the front line: the women of civil protection
For last year’s International Women’s Day, we spoke with Ingeborg Hasli, a woman at the forefront of European Civil Protection operations. She exemplifies the ideas of perseverance, confidence determination in the face of real dangers and hardships.
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A Syrian girl supports disabled people in Türkiye
Muna lost one of her legs at the age of 3. After the war in Syria broke out, her family left for Türkiye so she could get a new prosthetic leg. Now, at 23-years-old, Muna works as a physiotherapist at the very EU-funded centre where she received her artificial limb.
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A transgender woman’s struggle to be herself in Bangladesh
Riya Moni is putting her makeup on. She is not afraid of being caught or humiliated anymore – her makeup is her transgression.
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Empowering women and girls in Bangladesh’s largest refugee camp
Bangladesh’s southern district of Cox’s Bazar hosts hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar.
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Kenya: bringing hope to refugee children with disabilities
Mawot Deng Achok’s journey is a remarkable testament to the transformative power of support and care for children with disabilities.
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Live another day: showing the strength of Syrian women and girls in a war-torn place
For the past 11 years, Syria’s conflict has taken a massive toll on every Syrian, particularly women and girls.
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Maryama's dream: studying despite the odds
In Niger, ongoing conflict has left 3.8 million people in need. Since 2019, attacks in Diffa region have escalated, leaving children struggling to attend school.
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Meet 5 Afghan girls determined to get an education
These schoolgirls in Afghanistan are determined to get an education, no matter the obstacles.
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Mozambique: helping displaced populations deal with gender-based violence
The conflict in northern Mozambique has resulted in more than 800,000 people fleeing their homes in search of safety.
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The Nigerien student on a mission to advocate for others
There’s one thing that Abari cannot stand: being underestimated. “I want to do everything that the people that can see are doing,”
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Trinidad and Tobago: providing aid to vulnerable Venezuelan refugees and migrants
Erwin Barreto Vazquez was 21 years old when a car crash left him paralysed from the waist down in 2005, in Maracaibo, Venezuela.
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Violence never stopped - neither did her hope
For millions of women around the world, gender-based violence is a daily, ugly reality.
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Women in Yemen: aspiring to a life free from violence as conflict enters 9th year
Rehman* was married off to an abusive man at age 15. “During our year of marriage, I lived a very hard life full of violence and abuse,” she says now living as a displaced person in the governorate of Hajjah.
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