Women Seeking Refuge

To mark World Refugee Day this June, the Women's Legal Aid Centre (Tanzania) and One World Action are launching our landmark video 'Women Seeking Refuge'.

Over the past five decades, the Great Lakes region, which includes Burundi, Rwanda, the Democratic Republis of Congo (DRC) and Uganda, have been swept by brutal conflicts which have caused the deaths of millions and forced many more to leave their countries in order to survive. For more than thirty years, Tanzania has been hosting hundreds of thousands of refugees who have fled the most brutal atrocities.

Despite fleeing the violence of their homelands, many refugee women have been met by a similar threats in the refugee camps, including rape, forced marriage, domestic violence and psychological abuse. The camps themselves have come under the close scruitany of the international community due to frequent abuses of refugees' rights and many refugees face forced repatriation back to the homeland from which they fled.

'Women Seeking Refuge' is their story.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRBWBF3dWmA

TAKE ACTION! Take some time out to watch it and help us to share the stories that, for too long, have remained unheard.

IF YOU HAVE A FEW EXTRA MINUTES, send the link to your email contacts using the form below or share it on Facebook or Twitter. Let’s get talking about the struggle for their rights of the women refugees of Tanzania.

 

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Message:	Hi, To mark World Refugee Day this month, I'm supporting One World Action to raise awareness around one of the world’s great ignored issues – the violence, rights abuses and forced repatriation faced by the women refugees of Tanzania. ‘Women Seeking Refuge’ is a landmark online photo exhibition that shares their story. Please take some time out to watch it and help us to ensure that the voices of these women do not remain unheard. http://campaign.oneworldaction.org/page/invite/seekingrefuge Thanks for your support!
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