A Photo Essay by Nitsan Tal Above, Maria shows us a certificate from a journalism course. She is a second-generation refugee who left Colombia with her family when she was…
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A New Chapter in Refugee Women’s Empowerment in Tanzania
After months of planning, Asylum Access Tanzania launched its inaugural Women’s Empowerment Group on International Women’s Day on March 8, 2011, creating a peer support group where women could learn…
Asylum Access Thailand: Then and Now
Published May 2012 An interview with former Associate Launch Director Vivienne Chew. Five years after she left Asylum Access Thailand (AAT), Associate Launch Director Vivienne Chew visited our office in…
Refugee Livelihoods in Tanzania
View the photo essay “We needed to seek asylum somewhere where there was peace. Tanzania was the closest country. But to live, we need something to live, somewhere to sleep.…
Empowering Refugee Women Survivors of Violence
I first attended the “Encuentros de Mujeres” (Meetings of Women) in August 2011, during my first weekend in Quito, Ecuador. I have long been interested in sexual and gender-based violence…
Honorable Mentions and Quarterly Highlights
Executive Director Emily Arnold-Fernandez spoke at the International Human Rights Funders Group Conference 2012 on mainstreaming refugees into human rights discourse. Our Right to Work blog has been receiving record…
Helping Wrongly-denied Refugees
Kevin was just 22 years old when he left home in 2009 with his brother. Rebel groups living near his village often came to collect food and forcibly recruit youth.…
Day in the Life of a VLA- Ben Lewis
Name: Ben Lewis Office: Tanzania Age: 32 Hometown: Kansas City, Kansas, USA What made you volunteer as a VLA? After working with Asylum Access San Francisco as a Policy Advocacy…
Forging a New Path for Urban Refugees
“I went to a local church to ask for help. They assisted me with a place to stay and gave me some money for food. However, it did not take…
A Day in the Life of a VLA – Rita Crowley-Ornelas
Published May 2012 Name: Rita Crowley-Ornelas Office: Ecuador Age: 25 Hometown: Albuquerque, New Mexico What made you volunteer as a VLA? I was intrigued by the opportunity to work abroad,…