The Syrian refugee crisis is changing women's traditional roles with increasing numbers becoming heads of households and the main breadwinners, an international aid agency said on Saturday ahead of a global refugee summit. In Greece, Syrian refugees estimate half of refugee households to be female-headed. Women are strong and we have a new role to play," she told CARE at a camp in Serbia. ExploitedAid workers say women refugees arriving in the Balkans are highly vulnerable, generally having less money and fewer resources than men. The UN refugee summit aims to forge a more humane international response to refugee and migrant crises.

Source: Egypt Independent September 10, 2016 01:18 UTC