SI United Nations (UN) Representative, Bangkok, Theresa Devasahayam, takes a deep dive into the challenges faced by female migrant workers in Asia during the COVID-19 pandemic.
As we have come to understand, maintaining social distance is imperative to contain the spread of the corona virus. Nonetheless, refugees in congested camps and densely populated areas, who have been displaced owing to conflicts and natural disasters, and left increasingly vulnerable to the dangers of the virus, are leading life precariously.
As we have come to understand, maintaining social distance is imperative to contain the spread of the corona virus. Nonetheless, refugees in congested camps and densely populated areas, who have been displaced owing to conflicts and natural disasters, and left increasingly vulnerable to the dangers of the virus, are leading life precariously.
Barbara Rochman, SI UN Representative in New York, provides insight into sections of the WHO Report on 'Health of Refugees and Migrants', with specific focus on issues effecting women and girls.
June 20 is World Refugee Day. Soroptimists must stand with refugees, particularly with women and girls who suffer more than others from poverty, lack of clean water and food, no access to education and healthcare, no way to earn an income, and gender-based violence.