Rathi Barthlote knows the pain and anguish faced by refugee women.
Ms Barthlote has for the past four weeks been on a 640km walk with other refugees from Melbourne to Canberra to call for permanent residency and an end to uncertainty for 10,000 people.
"We are refugees who came to Australia seeking safety, but after a decade still do not have a clear pathway to permanent residency," she said, arriving in Canberra on Wednesday.
Refugee women call for government to walk with them. By Paul Osborne AAP, The West Australian