A few months ago, #MeToo movement founder Tatiana Burke made a powerful call for sexual abuse victims to organize to provide resources for all who experienced similar trauma – saying that the time has come to put greater focus on the victims, rather than the aggressors.
It is, thus, a good moment to consider how much the momentum generated by the #MeToo movement is reaching the most oppressed women, and how can we help and support their own initiatives. And there is little doubt that refugee women are among the most oppressed communities on Earth, suffering from combined forms of abuse and discrimination.
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