Stories

In times of complex crises, when normality is shattered by the brutal consequences of an all-out war that leaves no one safe and forces scores of people to displace, women and girls become extremely exposed to all kinds of risks.

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.

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.

Riya Moni is putting her makeup on. She is not afraid of being caught or humiliated anymore – her makeup is her transgression.

Bangladesh’s southern district of Cox’s Bazar hosts hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar.

Mawot Deng Achok’s journey is a remarkable testament to the transformative power of support and care for children with disabilities.

For the past 11 years, Syria’s conflict has taken a massive toll on every Syrian, particularly women and girls.

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.

These schoolgirls in Afghanistan are determined to get an education, no matter the obstacles.

The conflict in northern Mozambique has resulted in more than 800,000 people fleeing their homes in search of safety.

There’s one thing that Abari cannot stand: being underestimated. “I want to do everything that the people that can see are doing,”

Erwin Barreto Vazquez was 21 years old when a car crash left him paralysed from the waist down in 2005, in Maracaibo, Venezuela.

For millions of women around the world, gender-based violence is a daily, ugly reality.