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The Invisible Cost of Survival: Sudanese Women’s Silent Struggle in Egypt | The World Room
This episode of The World Room explores the devastating, often invisible crisis facing Sudanese women refugees in Egypt following the civil war in Sudan. Host Judith Mayer moves beyond standard humanitarian statistics to examine the brutal economic realities that force displaced women into survival sex work and exploitative labor arrangements. This narrative is essential for listeners interested in global refugee crises, gender-based violence, and the intersection of war and poverty. It provides a deep dive into how systemic failures and lack of legal work opportunities strip away dignity…
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