Escalated violence in their native Burundi forced them to flee. For pregnant women, the increased uncertainty for the future is all the more stressful.

They are parents, children, teachers, doctors and nurses…just some of the thousands whose lives have been disrupted by the worsening Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo, now the second largest outbreak of the deadly disease on record.

After fleeing fighting in north-east Nigeria, Yete and her husband are rebuilding their farm and raising their children in peace.

This Refugee Week and World Refugee Day, we are reaching back in history to tell the world: Now is the time to stand with refugees.

On their visit to Germany, The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall heard from refugee women who have overcome extraordinary hardship to rebuild their lives.