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Women Watch Afrika Celebrates World Refugee Day 2025

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Happy World Refugee Day! Women Watch Afrika salutes the Strength, Courage and Resilience of global refugees, asylees, and displaced persons.

 

World Refugee Day in 2025 will be observed on June 20th. This international day, designated by the United Nations, aims to raise awareness about the challenges faced by refugees, while also celebrating the courage and resilience of refugees. The United Nations theme for 2025 is “Solidarity with Refugees,” emphasizing the need for concrete action beyond words to support those forced to flee their homes.

 

How can we put solidarity into action? It means listening to refugees and making space for their stories. It means defending their right to seek safety and finding solutions to their plight, uplifting their concerns in governmental conversations to end conflicts so they can return home in safety. It means ensuring they have opportunities to thrive in the communities that have welcomed them and providing countries with the resources they need to include and support refugees. But above all, solidarity means saying, clearly and courageously, that refugees are not alone and that we will not turn our backs.

 

Refugees are not looking for charity; they seek opportunity for self-advancement. When given the chance, they become integral, valuable, and productive members of the communities that welcome them. Every act of welcome, inclusion, and support brings us closer to a world where every person forced to flee can find not just refuge, but belonging, purpose, and hope.

 

CALL TO ACTION
Join us this World Refugee Day and show solidarity with people forced to flee.
True solidarity with refugees begins with actions.  Below are some steps you can take to show your solidarity with refugees.

 

How You Can Help and Participate:
  1. Share this article https://womenwatchafrika.org/2025/women-watch-afrika-celebrates-world-refugee-day-2025/ on Facebook or Twitter or Instagram to spread the word about the millions of refugees that need support.
  2. Welcoming refugees into your community: create a welcoming space for refugees and immigrants in your community; provide refugees with employment opportunities to help them rebuild their lives.
  3. Advocating for policies that protect, and support people forced to flee.
  4. Sharing refugee stories with your community, friends, and family; or offering your time to listen to immigrants and refugees share their stories.
  5. Make a donation to support the work of Women Watch Afrika in supporting, protecting, and defending displaced global refugees at: https://womenwatchafrika.org/donate/
  6. Include refugee issues in every conversation/program because refugee issues cut across education, environment, economic, political, war/crisis, or natural disaster.
  7. Take 10,000 Steps in honor of Refugees and post a record of your steps to Facebook and Twitter with the hashtags #WithRefugees #WorldRefugeeDay #WomenWatchAfrika #SolidaritywithRefugees You can complete this goal between June 20 – June 22nd.
Every gesture counts, no matter how small.

 

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     As an expert in this field, Women Watch Afrika provides trainings as a consultant on numerous issues. For more information on training, guidance, consulting services, and/or information on working with immigrant communities contact Glory Kilanko, Founder and CEO, Women Watch Afrika, Inc. at 404-759-6419 or womenwatchafrika@gmail.com

About Women Watch Afrika:
Women Watch Afrika is a grassroots, nonprofit, international, national, and local social justice organization focused on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women and girls, the promotion of social and economic development and health equity of women, and the acculturation of immigrants and refugees (men and women) arriving to the United States from 23 African nations.

In line with its goal, Women Watch Afrika provides Social Services, Legal Services, Advocacy, Health Education, Legal Education, End Domestic Violence classes, Stop FGM/C workshops, Reproductive Rights Education, Know Your Rights workshops, Citizenship Preparation, Civic Engagement; and Advocates against unjust, discriminatory laws that affect the community.

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