On this International DayoftheGirl, meet the refugee girls who plan to run the world:
The 15 girls sitting in a circle are from all over the world—from Syria, Guatemala, Sudan, Thailand, Afghanistan. They all came to the warm, sunny room in Oakland, Calif. as refugees, immigrants or asylees in an attempt to flee violence and instability in their home countries.
IRC is deeply committed to issues of equity for girls and women. Working in over 40 countries across the globe including war-torn places like Afghanistan, IRC provides women’s protection programs, a focus on literacy in safe spaces and reproductive rights and abortion services where none would otherwise exist.
Activities range from journaling activities and group reflections to creating a song and dance that expresses the power of women. Each day, the workshop cohort is visited by several professional women in the community, many immigrants or refugees themselves—a doctor from Afghanistan, a lawyer from Iran, a Japanese born entrepreneur, even Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf—who provide hands-on show and tell about their careers and their career journeys.
Career Counselor Elif Balin, originally from Turkey, lived from ages five to 10 near the Iraq border during the first gulf war.
A logistics team sets up each shoot, harnessing the power of community support to find venues that match the girls’ dreams—whether it’s a forensic medical lab, an architecture firm or the inside of an airplane. Each girl is taken to their venue and surrounded by supportive women—volunteers, interpreters, professionals in that field, the program facilitators and Hutchison, whose eye is essential in this process.
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