Page 5 - This is a Woman's World

In recent years, we have witnessed waves of forced displacement all over the world. Today,
more than 65 million people are uprooted by war, violence, and persecution.

Women and girls make up half of this number. On top of losing everything and witnessing
atrocities such as the death of family members, women and girls are also confronted with
gender-based violence; the ordinary task of collecting water is fraught with risk of rape or
other abuse.

Despite these obstacles and against all odds, displaced women are doing their utmost to
build their lives and to live with dignity.

Through this exhibition, we invite you to connect with the story of some of these women
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everything behind to survive.

It is said that the eyes are the mirror to the soul, and in the eyes of these women, such as
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continue caring for their family; the ambition and the enthusiasm that empowers them to
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community to win the right to play football and to represent their country at international
level; the happiness to teach and share their knowledge; and the determination that drives
engagement with other displaced people and to give them the support and the warmth
they need.

At the end of the journey, we invite you to pay tribute to the strength of these women and
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their shoes? How would you overcome the ordeals they went through? And what would you
do to stand #WithRefugees?

This exhibition is co-organised by the European Commission’s Directorate General
for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations, who is currently
leading the “Call to Action on Protection from Gender-based Violence in Emergencies”,
and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Every year, the
European Union and UNHCR partner in more than 30 countries in Africa, Asia,
Europe, Latin and Central America to alleviate human suffering and to safeguard
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against gender-based violence in humanitarian emergencies.