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DESCRIPTION:\n	Please join the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy for its s
 ignature weekly series this fall\,&nbsp\;The Fierce Urgency of Now\,&nbsp\
 ;featuring Black\, Indigenous\, People of Color scholars\, activists\, and
  community leaders\, and experts from the Global South. Hosted and facilit
 ated by Sushma Raman and Mathias Risse\, the series also aligns with a cou
 rse they will co-teach this fall at the Harvard Kennedy School on Economic
  Justice: Theory and Practice.\n\n\n\n	Join us for a conversation with refu
 gee community leaders on economic justice and migration. Abid Shamdeen\, c
 o-founder of Nadia's Initiative\, has spent the past five years managing p
 rojects that have brought aid and assistance to internally displaced Yazid
 is in Iraq. With her organization Rohingya Women's Development Network\, c
 o-founder Sharifah Shakirah works to change deeply entrenched cultural nor
 ms that subjugate women\, believing gender equality is the key to lifting 
 the Rohingya community&nbsp\;\n\n\n\n	Panelists:\n\n\n\n	\n		Abid Shamdeen | C
 o-founder Nadia's Initiative&nbsp\;\n	\n	\n		Sharifah Shakirah | Co-founder Ro
 hingya Women's Development Network&nbsp\;\n	\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n\n	Abid Shamdeen i
 s a global development specialist. Shamdeen was born and raised in Sinjar\
 , Iraq. For the past five years\, he has advocated for victims of the Yazi
 di genocide and has managed projects that have brought aid and assistance 
 to internally displaced Yazidis in Iraq. Shamdeen worked for the United St
 ates Army in Iraq as a cultural advisor and translator. He holds an Master
 ’s in Political Science from the School of International Service at Americ
 an University. Shamdeen is a co-founder of Nadia’s Initiative.\n\n\n\n	\n\n
 \n\n	Ms. Sharifah Shakirah is the founder and director of the Rohingya Wome
 n Development Network (RWDN) and coordinator of Free Rohingya Coalition\, 
 FRC&nbsp\;RWDN\, the first Rohingya women’s led organising in Malaysia\, w
 as founded in December 2016. It is self-funded and aims to empower women b
 y harnessing their abilities and by providing them with opportunities to b
 e leaders. This is done by organising classes for women consisting of gene
 ral education\, education.&nbsp\;In 2019\, she was nominated as Malaysia's
  candidate for the US Department of State's International Women of Courage
  award. The award is presented by the US Department of State to acknowledg
 e women around the world who have shown courage and leadership in advocati
 ng for peace\, justice\, human rights\, gender equality\, and women’s empo
 werment.\n\n\n\n	&nbsp\;\n\n\n\n	Virtual Event DetailsThis event will be liv
 estreamed on YouTube Live. Attendees registered for this event (link below
 ) will receive a reminder for the livestream fifteen minutes before the ev
 ent along with a link to the YouTube page where you can participate in the
  live chat and ask questions during the event.\n\n
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LOCATION:Virtual Event (Registration Required)
SUMMARY:Advocating for the Rights of People on the Move: A conversation wit
 h Refugee Community Leaders
URL;TYPE=URI:https://carrcenter.hks.harvard.edu/event/fighting-rights-peopl
 e-move-conversation-refugee-community-leaders
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