 To celebrate 25 years of Australia's Woman at Risk visa for Refugee Week, we asked refugee women what coming to Australia meant to them. Here our staff share these women's stories. Coming to Australia from Afghanistan means Zanab is treated equally and not as a second class citizen. Here she feels safe and her children have a brighter future, especially her daughter who can now continue her studies. In Somalia Fatima wanted to protect her children and didn't want them to hold a gun. She wanted to give them a better life. Now in Australia her children have a future and not only are they safe but have a future for many generations. Yasme was used to bombs and missiles going off in Iraq. She's in paradise now and grateful to be in this country. We play a key role in managing Australia's humanitarian program. We've welcomed more than 800,000 refugees and people in humanitarian need since World War Two. In 1989 the Woman at Risk visa category was established. We're one of only a few countries in the world that has a specific allocation of places for women at risk. Over the past 10 years nearly 10,000 women and their children have been granted this visa coming from 37 different countries. Help us celebrate Refugee Week from 15 to 21 June. For more information visit imi.gov.au forward slash refugee week.