At a Council of Europe conference, which takes place today and tomorrow in Athens, focusing on challenges faced by women and girl refugees and migrants, Anna Zobnina, Strategy & Policy Coordinator for the European Network of Migrant Women stressed that not enough is being done to care for the specific needs of women and girl migrants. More should be done to construct facilities for women specific needs, she told some 100 participants, including government staff and NGOs dealing with refugees in both origin and destination countries.

Protecting the rights of migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women and girls is one of the objectives of the Council of Europe Gender Equality Strategy.

The conference is organised by the North-South Centre of the Council of Europe in cooperation with the Greek NGO METAdrasi-Action for Migration and Development.

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