Women
![Shahanshah Shahpar](https://assets.tsosrefugees.org/stories/_800x800_crop_center-center_none/Shahanshah-Shahpar.png)
Shahanshah · Afghanistan
![IMG 2261a](https://assets.tsosrefugees.org/stories/_800x800_crop_center-center_none/IMG_2261a.jpeg)
Nagita · Afghanistan
My Story, My Dreams
When Kabul fell, I felt like I was drowning, unable to breathe or understand.
![Sana Kawoon](https://assets.tsosrefugees.org/stories/_800x800_crop_center-center_none/IMG_1039.jpg)
Sana Kawoon · Afghanistan
Every Girl Needs Education in Every Country
Teenagers from Afghanistan advocate for education for those who were left behind.
![Elwaad Samatar](https://assets.tsosrefugees.org/stories/_800x800_crop_center-center_none/Elwaad-1.jpeg)
Elwaad Samatar · United States
Advocacy through Storytelling
A college student uses her voice to fight for others
![Martha](https://assets.tsosrefugees.org/stories/_800x800_crop_center-center_none/Martha.jpeg)
Martha · Myanmar
A Burmese Woman Remembers Her Past and Finds Her Future in Farming
New Roots, A Farming Program for Refugees, Provides Job Security and Flexibility for a Burmese Woman
![Len](https://assets.tsosrefugees.org/stories/_800x800_crop_center-center_none/Len.jpeg)
Len · Myanmar
A Woman From Myanmar Stands on Her Own Two Feet Through Farming
New Roots Provides Flexibility and Freedom for Myanmar Mothers
Rubi Hernandez · Mexico
A Young Single Mom Fights “With the Power in Her Heart” to Make a Life for Her Kids
This Country is for Growth, Not for Staying in One Spot
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Baby Shower Mentor
A Refugee Baby Shower saves a baby's life.
It’s First Aid for Moms
![Uzma Jafri](https://assets.tsosrefugees.org/stories/_800x800_crop_center-center_none/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_2b02.jpg)
Carla Miller and Uzma Jafri
Mursal · Afghanistan
The Taliban Came and Gave Me a Warning, But I Did Not Stop
A trained dermatologist from Afghanistan struggles to find a way to practice in the United States as a refugee.
Zahra Rahimi and Hosai Rasuli · Afghanistan
Desperate: Teenage Filmmakers Tell the Story of Women in Afghanistan
"We can change the world, because every word has meaning."
![A refugee woman arrives at a train station](https://assets.tsosrefugees.org/stories/_800x800_crop_center-center_none/04-ARRIVAL-SUPER-STORY-PORTRAIT-REFUGEE-WOMAN-TRAIN.jpg)
Cristina Mazariego · Guatemala
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Jahan Ara Rafi · Afghanistan
![Alexandra Acosta](https://assets.tsosrefugees.org/stories/_800x800_crop_center-center_none/L1070395-BW.jpg)
Alexandra Acosta · Venezuela
![Mahsa GMU graduation 1](https://assets.tsosrefugees.org/stories/_800x800_crop_center-center_none/Mahsa-GMU-graduation-1.jpg)
Mahsa Ahmadi · Afghanistan
![Alla Mashkey](https://assets.tsosrefugees.org/stories/_800x800_crop_center-center_none/Alla-Mashkey.jpeg)
Alla Mashkey · Ukraine
I’m in a Strange Country with Strange People
A Ukrainian grandmother tells her story of escaping Kharkiv at the start of the Russian invasion
![Katya 1 1](https://assets.tsosrefugees.org/stories/_800x800_crop_center-center_none/Katya_1-1.jpg)
Katya Niporka · Ukraine
![Seyi Ajani-Oyebanre](https://assets.tsosrefugees.org/stories/_800x800_crop_center-center_none/image3.png)
Seyi Ajani-Oyebanre · Ukraine
We Took Our Own Path
A Nigerian couple, medical doctors, living in Ukraine tell their harrowing story of how they fought to stay together with their three kids.
![Yalda Featured Image](https://assets.tsosrefugees.org/stories/_800x800_crop_center-center_none/475689014-yalda-2.jpeg)
Yalda Royan · Afghanistan
Women’s Rights Activist Must Choose to Stay and Die or Leave and Live
Afghan Women Who Stand for Civil Liberties Face Becoming Refugees