Representatives from organizations in Turkey talk about their first-hand experience working with refugees from Syria. The panel discussed the need for holistic and comprehensive policies that address and protect rights of women specifically in the situations like this. The challenge, of course, is the overwhelmingly huge number of refugees in this situation today – over 12.2 million are affected, 4 million of those being displaced youth. Women on the panel said that a gender perspective in the humanitarian response is a necessity for protecting the rights of refugee women.