Like other Canadians, newcomer women are experiencing unemployment and working from home while caring for their children.

But for newcomers with smaller networks, the strain is Immense.

Isolated at home, community classes cancelled. Wait times for husbands and family members to enter Canada have been extended, past promised deadlines.

They worry about their families in India, Azerbaijan, Zimbabwe, or Turkey, where aid is limited.

These women came here with hopes pinned on the future. Now the future is Unknown.

Read their stories. Listen to their voices.