Women crossing borders and seeking refuge

Cleaning up after a death or violent incident is often far too traumatic and potentially dangerous for family members or for regular cleaning services to undertake. Instead, it’s a task carried out by a small but specialised group of individuals – often women.Ella Al-Shamahi spea ...  Show more

Around the world, mycelium – the root part of fungi – is being used practically as a biological material due to its distinctive properties. Ella Al-Shamahi speaks to two women hoping to reduce the environmental impact of plastic packaging and the meat industry by creating mushroo ...  Show more

Millions of people around the world are on the move today in search of a safe and better life. It’s estimated over 100 million people were displaced last year. Over 30 million are refugees and 5 million are asylum seekers. The UN body for refugees says 72% of the refugees origina ...  Show more

Seventy years since the 1951 Refugee Convention was signed, forced displacement is at record levels – more than 82 million people at the end of 2020, and rising every year for the past decade. In the final episode of this series of Forced To Flee, we look at the long-term options ...  Show more

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with people about the experience of being a refugee, how fleeing their home country has affected their life and what life is like now.See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your ...  Show more

Every minute 20 people leave everything behind to escape war, persecution or terror. On top of that, the COVID-19 pandemic has put millions of refugees at even greater risk than ever before. Announcing the launch of the humanitarian COVID-19 response campaign, ‘Support Knows No S ...  Show more