Welcome to the Refugee Council’s podcast series on vulnerable women. Each week, we bring you illuminating audio interviews with some of the vulnerable refugee and asylum seeking women we have met.
We will be releasing one episode a week for 4 weeks from 19th November 2007.
Current episode
Refugee Community Organisations
Zhargona from the British Afghan Women’s Society talks about the important role refugee community organisations play in supporting refugee women.
How to listen
Previous episodes
Older refugees:
Meet Hannah, an elderly Iraqi refugee who is also completely blind. She talks about the particular difficulties she faces trying to settle in the UK.
Detention:
Incarcerated, taunted, fearful - these are the experiences of Yeukai who fled persecution in Zimbabwe only to be detained in the UK.
The Refugee Council’s Vulnerable Women’s Project:
Listen to Felicia’s story, a 21 year old asylum seeker with nowhere to live and a small baby to look after.
How to listen
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Alternatively, download or listen to individual episodes
Click on the link to listen, or right-click to download. These files are quite big and will take some time to download, so we recommend you subscribe to our podcast series in iTunes if you can.
Episode 4: Refugee Community Organisations
4.8 MB audio file; 6.27 min. total running time
Episode 3: Elderly refugees
3.4 MB audio file; 4.46 min. total running time
Episode 2: Detention
4.8 MB audio file; 6.49 min. total running time
Episode 1: The Refugee Council’s Vulnerable Women’s Project
5.2 MB audio file; 7:27 min. total running time
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