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Ending Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) – UNHCR Acts
Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) is a violation of human rights. It denies the human dignity of the individual and hurts human development. UNHCR is committed to ending all forms of SGBV by working ...![Syrian student flees guns, earns study place in Turkey](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20170926104618im_/http://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/UNHCR-Ali-Unal-DAFI-scholarship-recipient-Turkey.jpg)
Syrian student flees guns, earns study place in Turkey
Would-be chemical engineer Rawan Batal learned Turkish and gained a university place in the central Anatolia province of Konya. The armed men knocking at the door said they just wanted to talk about a ...![Rohingya refugee shines at Malaysia learning centre](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20170926104618im_/http://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/UNHCR-Adnan-Ishak.jpg)
Rohingya refugee shines at Malaysia learning centre
At age 15, Ishak bears the weight of his family’s expectations. He’s overcome racial discrimination and the additional challenges of his refugee status to become a school football star, a straight-A student and possibly ...![Somali refugee student proves it’s never too late to learn](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20170926104618im_/http://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Nawa1.jpg)
Somali refugee student proves it’s never too late to learn
For most of her life, Nawa watched as other children went to school. As a refugee, and a girl at that, she was told there was no place for her to learn in the ...![Mother inspires daughter to academic success](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20170926104618im_/http://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Fatima1.jpg)
Mother inspires daughter to academic success
Aisha Slaybi was determined that nothing, not bullets, bombs or war, would force her to take her family away from their home in Aleppo until her teenage daughter had graduated from high school. It ...![Refugee girls beat the odds with education in Kenya](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20170926104618im_/http://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/UNHCR-Anthony-Karumba-Esther-pupils-Morneau-Shepell-school.jpg)
Refugee girls beat the odds with education in Kenya
Providing refugee children and adolescents with an education wherever they find safety is a core humanitarian service, yet many do not have the opportunity. Esther, 18, did not attend school from late 2008 through ...![Majid dreams of a good education for his children](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20170926104618im_/http://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/7.jpg)
Majid dreams of a good education for his children
Majid, 31 years old: “This was our number one dream. We wanted Rose and Baban, our children, to have a good education here. They will go to a good school, they will have a ...The importance of education for a young girl’s independence
Beautifully illustrated, Barikan tells of a story about an encounter with her mother. As a young girl, Barikan had wished for her mother to buy her shoes. In response, her mother encouraged her to ...![UNHCR leads in LGBTI refugee, asylum seeker protection](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20170926104618im_/http://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/12242015_LGBTI.jpg)