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Every year, the Fashion show is an opportunity to highlight something displaced women can teach us. Last year we highlighted the harms...

WoW Executive Director Samira Harnish speaks with podcast producer Emily Means about Harnish’s recent recognition by the United Nations...

Refugee Support is a non-profit that offers humanitarian aid with dignity to refugees, while also supporting the local economy....

The 2018 Nansen Award Ceremony hosted by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees This last week marked a milestone for Women of...

The 2018 Nansen Award from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)...

“Affecting and utterly eye-opening, The Girl Who Smiled Beads is a powerful reminder of just how strong and indomitable the human spirit...

A parable of what we do at Women of the World There has been a little bit of rain overnight but not enough to water the plants outside...

Josephine’s Journey Three thousand miles. That’s how far Josephine walked through the jungle to escape the bloody civil war in the...

“https://womenofworld.org/wp-content/uploads/2442263001_566ae6ffd6_b-1.jpg” It wasn’t until high school that I realized I’d been...

Refugee women thank Abby for her help. Abby shares a special moment with a friend she’s made working here at Women of the World. Women...

What rights do humans have to refuge? How far wrong is the value-claim that fails to extend help to the victims of war and genocide? What...

The first thing you notice about Kaltum is her quiet presence and lilting voice. When she turns to talk to you, her smile widens slowly,...

Women of the World loves Utah, gives in Utah! We are so happy to be a part of this community that is so neighborly, that helps our ladies...

One of the members of the Canyon Singers, Nan McEntire, shares her impressions of the experience of singing in the Women of Courage...

In the concert “Women of Courage” there is an unveiling of a monument of words and song. We dedicate our transcendental selves to...

MARCH, 2017 Women of the World Fashion Show The 2017 Women of the World Fashion Show strove to model the world we desire: women from all...

“The WoW podcast team: Samira, Mary, Saida, Christine, and Abby” FEBRUARY, 2017 The crowd from the March for Refugees — almost 8,000 by...

Nimo Hashi nervously adjusted her hijab as she scanned the passengers arriving at the Salt Lake International Airport terminal last...

On behalf of the hundreds of women refugees served by Women of the World and on behalf of the immigrants, like me, from the Middle East,...

The resistance against the moral failings of the current administration has begun. Immigrants, native Utahns, Mormons, and Muslims all...