Forbes magazine has published stories of displaced refugee women as evidence of the failure of world powers.
The escalating global refugee crisis because of wars, conflicts, climate change, man-made and natural disasters, are exacerbated by the pandemic and disproportionately affect women and children, according to
Forbes magazine.
One of the stories of women who suffered a tragic fate is that of a resident of Nagorno-Karabakh.
By December 2020, of the total 145,000 population of Nagorno-Karabakh, following the 44-day bombardment of Turkish-led Azerbaijani war, some 100,000 people had to flee their homes.
Most of the disputed enclave’s women, children, and elderly took refuge in Armenia.
A middle-aged Armenian woman from Nagorno-Karabakh, now displaced and in temporary housing in Armenia’s eastern province of Gegharkunik, bordering Azerbaijan, wishes she could return to her home which is now under Azerbaijan’s rule.
“It doesn’t matter that we lost our property, land, and our home ... the worst thing is losing my only son to the war, and all the relatives,” she says, explaining how her husband left for Russia after the tragedy.
“The grief is so deep I’m not able to value anything in my life. I hope there will be an opportunity to start a new life,” she says.
