For more than 35 years, WRC has listened to women living through conflict and displacement and advocated for their rights and safety. We believe that centering impacted women’s voices and responding to their self-identified needs and solutions not only improves their lives, but also strengthens global humanitarian policy and practice.
With that in mind, our In Her Own Words series shares the first-person accounts of women living in the world’s most urgent humanitarian crisis zones. Each story brings into focus how women and girls bear the disproportionate brunt of war and displacement, yet also hold vital insight into what is needed for families and communities to rebuild and endure.
We have been releasing individual women’s stories via social media over the past several months.
Now, in recognition of International Women’s Day, we are launching the In Her Own Words story archive on our website.
Please visit the page often; we will be updating it with new stories as we gather testimonies from women living on the frontlines of displacement crises around the world.
Thank you, as always, for supporting the dignity, equity, and self-determination of refugee and migrant women and girls.