Melissa Network is a welcoming beehive of communication, care and creativity. Women and girls from around the world come together to build community, learn from one another, and find support in order to rebuild their lives with dignity, solidarity, and hope.
Melissa’s work reflects our vision of care, community and change. Its four pillars create a supportive ecosystem where women rebuild their lives, lead action, and foster inclusion.
Enabling Integration
Supporting Communities in Crises & Transition
Building Bridges
Co-Creating Knowledge
Melissa Network was envisioned as an open beehive of care, creativity and communication and was founded in 2014 with the direct involvement of migrant and refugee women leaders.
Melissa’s women carry with them stories of uprooting, loss and displacement, but also courage, skills, ambitions and hope for the future. Each story is a thread in our shared tapestry, connecting past and present. Together, they form a living archive of collective memory, resilience, resistance and radical hope.
Yasaman's story
Karima's story
Shakiba's story
Radio Melissa
Radio Melissa: a series of podcasts that bring the voices, music, and sounds of migrant women to the forefront of public discourse.
Melissa Network brings together migrant and refugee women to share knowledge, experience and care. Its mission is to break cycles of exclusion and gender-based violence, fostering agency, solidarity and social cohesion through a beehive of creativity, communication and exchange.