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Hear from an Afghan woman working against the odds to help others and work for gender equality.

There are 62 million children out of school across the world—children without access to the education and training they need to improve their lives. That number is only increasing as millions of refugees are being forced to return to Afghanistan from Pakistan. These displaced families now must rebuild in a country they haven’t seen in decades—for many children, a country they’ve never known at all.

An instructor at a non-profit that teaches skateboarding to children, Belqisa’s dreams of pro-competition were put on hold when she had to escape Afghanistan. Now she’s seizing a chance for a new start.

Humanitarian needs in countries such as Afghanistan, Yemen, Syria and Somalia could rise as a result of the conflict in Ukraine. Here are three reasons why.

Fariba fled from Afghanistan when she was a child, now she's using her design-skills to start her own business in Athens.