The daily struggles faced by Syrian refugee women are little known, and their stories often go unheard. Islamic Relief’s report on women refugees in Iraq and Lebanon aims to shine a light on their invisible lives and provides recommendations for international action.

Direct Link to Full 36-Page 2016 Report:

http://www.islamic-relief.org.uk/content/uploads/2016/09/Invisible-Lives-Islamic-Relief-UK.pdf

Five years of brutal conflict in Syria have led to the biggest global refugee crisis since World War II. Millions of Syrians have been forced to flee to neighbouring countries and beyond, having seen their communities torn apart by violence.

Women refugees face particular challenges in trying to support themselves and their families. Often the primary carers for children and elderly relatives, their freedom to pursue job opportunities are more limited than men’s. A combination of chronic underfunding, lack of employment, limited education provision and gender-based violence has made refugee camps feel more like prison camps for some women. With little reported on these struggles of Syrian women, our report aims to bring women’s voices to the fore, and to shine a light on their invisible lives.

The focus of the report is the situation facing Syrian women living in Lebanon and Iraq, two of the countries where Islamic Relief is delivering emergency aid. Based on a detailed analysis of programmes and funding for livelihoods, education and preventing violence against women, Invisible Lives provides key recommendations for the UK Government and the wider donor community to strengthen and expand current interventions aimed at building the long-term economic empowerment of refugee women.

The launch of this hard-hitting report coincides with a UN summit in New York that aims to bring countries together behind a more humane and coordinated approach to the global refugee crisis.

This is the first time the General Assembly has called for a summit at the Heads of State and Government level on large movements of refugees and migrants, and presents the ideal opportunity to highlight and campaign for the best deal possible for those fleeing war-torn Syria. Click here to see the key messages Islamic Relief is putting forward at the summit, and the action it is calling for.

Islamic Relief UK - http://www.islamic-relief.org.uk/invisiblelives/

Извор: WUNRN – 28.09.2016