A Sahrawi-Australian woman has called for more recognition of her people's struggle for independence in the Western Sahara. The disputed territory is known as the last African colonial state yet ...

Sahrawi women lead the fight for freedom. Western Sahara’s struggle for independence from Moroccan rule has largely been forgotten but its mothers and daughters keep the fire alive.

And all the Sahrawi women lost their children under occupation and lost many things, actually. We are suffering under occupation. My experience with my sister and my mom in our house, ...

TINDOUF, Algeria, April 27 (UNHCR) - When Mana Mustafa suddenly went into labour, getting to the hospital with her elder sister Ghalia was not a problem - a neighbour drove them. But getting home over ...

The installation features various melhfas, traditional clothing worn by Sahrawi women, and includes their stories. “These women, they spent years and years in prison. They have been tortured.

Gaby Alamin says she is the only Sahrawi woman living in Australia. She wants people to know about where she grew up. Sahrawi-Australian woman Gaby Alamin has called for more recognition of her ...

A year has passed since a woman on a week-long visit to her family in a Sahrawi refugee camp in Algeria was reportedly prevented from returning to Spain, Human Rights Watch said today.

Often depicting animals in motion, kinetic portraits, and expressive hands, Taquen’s expansive works exude momentum. The ...

A Sahrawi woman's successful business of producing traditional garments is helping other Western Sahara refugees support themselves in Algeria after decades of dependency on aid organizations. Amid ...

On 8 March, Moroccan security forces dispersed a peaceful march led by Sahrawi women in the city of Laayoune in Western Sahara to mark International Women's Day. Cookies on the IFEX website We use ...

The British government has recently clarified its position on human rights in Western Sahara in response to a parliamentary ...

Unable to drive, Ghalia, 31, had little option but to walk several kilometres back to her home in Dakhla camp to pick up the items, which proved too bulky to lug back to the hospital on foot. She had ...