On International Women's Day, We Must Listen to Refugee Women
Today is International Women’s Day. It is a day during which we celebrate the achievements of women around the world, highlight continuing challenges, and recommit to working toward the goal of gender equality. In fact, this year’s theme is “Choose to Challenge.” To me, this means challenging the status quo. We know that gender equality remains a distant aspiration almost everywhere in the world—the data makes this clear. To make matters worse, the COVID-19 pandemic has hit women and girls harder than men. Gender-based violence is at record highs, women are leaving the workforce i...
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