A recently published report on the state of affairs for refugee and asylum-seeking women residing in Israel sheds a painful light on the conditions these women live in and the corners they are pushed ...

Many women have been forced to leave their home countries and seek better shelter and safety in the United States. While asylum applications have decreased since 2017 — mainly because of U.S. policy ...

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In a recent decision denying asylum to a Salvadoran woman being stalked by gang members, the Board of Immigration Appeals — the highest administrative body for interpreting U.S. immigration law — ...

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Female asylum seekers, often survivors of sexual violence, are denied dignity and privacy by being routinely watched and searched by male staff in Britain's ...

The UN refugee agency has welcomed a new set of international guidelines, adopted today by the UN Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, calling for countries to ...

This month marks the second anniversary of our evacuation from Kabul. The images of those final days are still very fresh in our minds, as are the memories of soldiers and Marines who gave their last ...

Andrés Celis, UNHCR resident representative in Costa Rica, explains what leads a woman to seek asylum or refuge in the countries that make up Central America in this interview. What are the challenges ...

Women have been travelling to Vicenta Gonzalez’s farm to seek her help for nearly half a century. It sits at the end of bumpy dirt road in a remote region of northern Costa Rica, and during the rainy ...

Members of the Afghan Army’s all-female platoon are some of the roughly 70,000 Afghans living in the United States whose temporary status has left them with an uncertain future. By Ava Sasani ...

Nigel Farage has confirmed he would deport female asylum seekers back to the Taliban in Afghanistan if he wins the next general election. It comes after confusion over the Reform UK leader’s position ...

The Belgian government said Wednesday it will no longer provide shelter for single men seeking asylum, arguing its insufficient reception capacity should prioritize families, women and children.