On 5 March 2013, Women of World Founder and President, Samira Harnish, interviewed on KTalk AM Radio program “Celebrating Women” with Cate Allen. Women of the World programs that support refugee women and anecdotes about them in this heartfelt interview.
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Women of the World’s Founder and President, Samira Harnish, is excited to deliver her message of hope detailing the successes of our refugee neighbors and the programs of Women of the World that support them at the BYU Student for International Development Hunger Banquet on 16 March 2013 at 7 p.m. In her speech, [...]
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Women of the World’s founder and president, Samira Harnish, spoke tonight at the new Leonardo Museum in downtown Salt Lake City, during the program for the rededication of Salt Lake City’s commitment to human rights. Aside from Samira’s speech, the program contained the dedication of Salt Lake City’s commitment to Human [...]
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Women of the World was on the radio this weekend! Cultural Connections with Nkoyo Iyamba interviewed the Refugee Fashion Show team including two of the models for this week’s event for its program on Sunday, June 3, 2012.
The questions focused on how Women of the [...]
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Women of the World was featured in a Mother’s Day story in the Deseret News. Our founder Samira Harnish and longtime client Reja Modlam talked to Deseret News columnist Cathy Free about Women of the World. This year Women of the World is using [...]
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Women of the World was on the radio this weekend! Cultural Connections with Nkoyo Iyamba interviewed three members of the Women of the World team for its program on Sunday, March 4, 2012.
The questions focused on the experiences of the women in their home countries [...]
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Tonight Women of the World was granted a cash award to continue its work in educating women refugee English language learners. This grant was donated by the
Utah Women’s Alliance for Building Communities and will be used to develop a tutoring curriculum for teaching English language learners the basics in conversational English — the language [...]
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I represented the Women Of the World at the East High School and Westminster Student Workshop, it was great opportunity and an honor to meet everyone with outstanding talents and an interest in service for the community. My speech on my experience and the mission of the Women Of the World touched many young students [...]
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Imagine that you have just left a war. You have seen people that you know die, you have seen homes you’ve walked passed everyday bombed and destroyed. Everyday you have been afraid for your safety and the safety of your children. You have stayed in, stopped working, stopped school. Maybe your father has been tortured, [...]
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On Friday morning, in front of 500 refugees, refugee community stakeholders, benefactors, and members of the press, Women of the World President Samira Harnish spoke on the successes and challenges of the Iraqi community in Utah and her vision for a future in which all refugee women are propelling their communities forward through improvements to [...]
Continue Reading →Hello ladies & gentlemen, it is an honor and a pleasure to meet you all. I am proud of each of you for facing down the horrors of war and violence, taking the long trip to America, desiring and demanding peace and resettlement, and now starting a community for you and your children.
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Women of the World (WoW) President Samira Harnish spoke to the University of Utah class entitled Service Learning today bringing her message of hope and service to the refugee community in Utah. The class is designed to teach students about the benefits of service and the best methods for developing communities self-sufficiency. [...]
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