Sudan/Chad: “Don’t Forget Us”: The Plight of Sudanese Refugees in Chad

The Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children visited ten of the eleven refugee camps along the Chad-Sudan border from January 12-25, 2005, to collect data on the protection of refugee girls and on their access to education in the camps. While the violence continues in Darfur, the more than 200,000 Sudanese refugees who managed to escape into eastern Chad continue to face their own challenges. Women and girls still must endure life-threatening dangers, and numerous barriers exist to education.