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David Miliband's personal account of the ̽����ѡ's work on the ground in Ethiopia

The ̽����ѡ in Kenya joined other organisations and the Ministry of Health in Nairobi, Kenya on Friday 1 August to launch World Breastfeeding Week. This week aims to promote the positive health benefits of breastfeeding around the globe

Eight-year-old twin sisters from Afghanistan recount harrowing tales of the fearful journey they endured as they made their escape to Europe. They are just two of the more than one million refugees from countries experiencing relentless conflicts who have fled to Europe for safety and a new start. 

As Europe struggles to mitigate a humanitarian crisis, the ̽����ѡ (̽����ѡ) has returned to the Balkans, launching operations in Serbia in support of local organisations providing relief to people seeking safety.

Like any teenager, 14-year-old Marah* has spent a lot of time grappling with that question. She’s sitting with a group of other girls inside a women and girls' centre in Lebanon’s Bekka Valley, listening intently to a discussion about building trusting relationships with parents. She’s here because she wants to learn how to better communicate with her father about something very important to her: She wants to go back to school.

This year for “16 days” we highlight 16 basic rights that women and girls are so often denied in the places where we work, as well as the ways ̽����ѡ supports women and girls in claiming their rights and acting as agents of change in their communities.

In 1984, Raesa,* just 14 years old, left her family in Jordan and moved to Syria with her husband to start a new life. When civil war broke out 28 years later, Raesa was forced to flee with her children, triplets, and seek refuge back in her own country.“We left Syria through the village of Tell Shihab and went to Ramtha [in Jordan]”, Raesa says, who is now the sole breadwinner for her family. Her husband decided to stay behind with his second wife and their family.

As we mark the second anniversary of the Ebola outbreak, Darren Hertz, an ̽����ѡ aid worker recalls his experiences fighting the deadly disease that took the lives of almost four thousand people within the country

Sixteen-year-old Wala’a is haunted by a terrifying memory—being assaulted by a soldier as she fled the war in Syria. One of more than 700,000 refugees now living in Jordan, she struggles to come to terms with the losses and hardships the conflict has inflicted on her and her family. But Wala’a has found a way to tell her story.

These are the voices of women in the Central African Republic. Since 2013 the already unstable country has descended into chaos and become engulfed by sectarian violence. Approximately 120,000 people have fled the country since December. Reports of sexual violence have increased dramatically. The ̽����ѡ provides counselling, medical referrals and critical household supplies to women in the Central African Republic. The path towards peace must address the needs and include the voices of women and girls.