In June 2022, we also partnered with the Nobel Women’s Initiative to host three women Nobel laureates in Poland on World Refugee Day to raise awareness about the condition of Ukrainian women refugees and local feminist organizations.
We partnered with Rethinking Refugees to organize and host India’s first-ever event focusing solely on refugee and statelessness issues. The four-day event (December 15-18, 2022) included panel discussions by renowned experts and activists, charity performances, a photo exhibition, and more. The event, ‘Rethinking Refugees – Azadi to co-exist’, was a mix of in-person and online sessions that promoted a holistic understanding of the contemporary refugee situation worldwide and in India.
Biba is a single mother of five children and lives in the Tillabery region in Niger. In the absence of jobs and with no possibility to go to school in Niger, she followed her husband to Libya in order to find work. Biba’s dream of a better life in Libya was overshadowed by experiences of racism in everyday life. After 9 years she was forced to return to Niger as the war broke out. Back in her home country, she wants to help build a better future for the next generation “All I am asking for is an equal and fair chance for everyone.”