Hawa Abdallah Mohammed Salih

She was born in North Darfur but had to leave due to fighting between government forces and Darfuri rebels. == career ==

She moved to Abu Shouk internally displaced persons camp, where she worked with United Nations officials and the American NGO IRC to spread information and awareness about the conditions in the camp. She had to flee Sudan in 2011. She won asylum in the United States. She was represented on a pro bono basis by Mary Gay Scanlon, later a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. ==References==