March 15 marked the sixth year since the start of the Syrian war. Lebanon, being a small Middle Eastern country facing constant political and national unity challenges with a population of approximately 450,000 Palestinian and Iraqi refugees, has been the shelter for more than two million registered Syrian refugees since 2011. The number of Palestinian, Iraqi and Syrian refugees is estimated to be at a percentage of 32% of the Lebanese population, if not more.
Mira Neaimeh is from Lebanon. She is a member of the Orthodox Youth Movement and of the World Student Christian Federation (WSCF), and was one of the speakers of a World Council of Churches (WCC) co-sponsored side event ‚Empowering Refugee Women and Children through Education and Employment’ at the 61st session of the Commission on the Status of Women held in New York on March 13-24.
In her presentation, Neaimeh highlighted the role of faith-based communities in providing aid to the refugees.
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