Q&A with Mary Maker, UNHCR's newest Global Goodwill Ambassador

After fleeing conflict and finding hope through education – first as a student then a teacher – she is now a passionate advocate and storyteller who aims to amplify the voices of other refugees.

As the Horn of Africa drought enters a sixth failed rainy season, UNHCR calls for urgent assistance

Kenya's Dadaab camp swells with Somalis fleeing drought, conflict

Failed rains and lingering conflict have driven over 110,000 Somalis across the border in the last two years into Kenyan camps already struggling to cope with drought.

Despite multiple displacements, Honduran woman emerges as a pillar of her community

Each time violence or tragedy erupted in her life, Laura* found herself forced to flee. But a women's organization has helped give her the strength to carry on and become a leader.

UNHCR welcomes Kenya's decision to end statelessness for the Pemba people

Somalis flee drought and conflict to Kenya's Dadaab camps

Some 45,000 Somalis have arrived to Dadaab in 2022 and more are expected to arrive in the coming months, but resources to receive them are stretched.

Young Rohingya volunteers confront gender-based violence in crowded Bangladesh camps

UNHCR-backed programmes are empowering young Rohingya men and women to change the behaviour of their peers.

UNHCR warns rising tide of hunger, insecurity, and underfunding worsening gender-based violence risks

Food shortages and aid cuts put more displaced women at risk of gender-based violence

Around the world, forcibly displaced women and girls are bearing the brunt of deteriorating economies, rising prices and a lack of funding for humanitarian responses.