This fact sheet examines how global funding cuts are intensifying gender-based violence against refugee and displaced women and highlights the crucial role of refugee women-led organisations in providing protection and support. Read the full publication below.

Eszti Galantai, Communications Officer, New Women Connectors Having a seat at the table The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is observed on the 21st of March each year. Representing New Women Connectors, I attended the 2026 European Anti-Racism Conference, organized by the Commission of the European Union. Anti-racism is one of the core values of NWC, and we work closely with the European Network Against Racism (ENAR), whose core focus is racial

Migration is not a crime, and not a problem to be solved. It is a human reality shaped by courage, resilience, and hope. It is part of who we are, part of our stories. Last year, in partnership with BAK Basecamp, we worked on a storytelling project - Storytelling Basecamp- with a group of brilliant individuals with lived experiences of migration. They wanted to challenge the status quo and reclaim ownership and power over their own stories and journeys. Together, we wanted to

Migrant women shaping narratives in Amsterdam International Women’s Day is about more than the symbolic celebration and acknowledgement of women. As part of New Women Connectors' W-Star project , we organised a film screening and a panel discussion centered around the agency of migrant women. With three moving, thought-provoking short films that were directed by people with lived experience of migration and displacement, and the panel discussion that followed, we explored h

In 2025, humanitarian funding cuts reached unprecedented levels , with major donor governments sharply reducing foreign aid. Refugee women-led organizations, long under-resourced yet central to providing essential services and challenging systemic oppression, have been particularly affected. Since March 2025, New Women Connectors, also a co-lead for the Multistakeholder Pledge in Meaningful Refugee Participation by the Global Compact of Refugees, has been researching how thes