Nadine Al Haraki
Nadine Al Haraki or Nadine Alhraki (Arabic: نادين الحراكي, born around 1991)[1] is a Syrian refugee who educates young people in the Zaatari refugee camp on reproductive health.[2] For her work, she was invited to speak in the United Nations General Assembly in 2016, at a conference on young people and the Sustainable Development Goals.
Life[edit]
Nadine Al Haraki was born in Syria. She studied geography at the Damascus University, and got married during the third year at the university.[3] When the Syrian civil war started, she and her husband fled to Jordan.[2] Three days after arriving at the Zaatari refugee camp as a refugee in 2013, she signed up to become a volunteer for the Questscope Foundation, a humanitarian organization working with and for young people. She volunteered to teach youth and adolescents on matters such as reproductive health, Motherhood and puberty.[1][4]
Questscope has partnered with United Nations Population Fund, and through their cooperation, she was able to represent the Zaatari camp during a train the trainers session in crisis and humanitarian situations at the Dead Sea in 2015.[1]
In 2016, she was invited as representative for Questscope to speak at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, at a conference for adolescents and youth focusing on the sustainable development goals.[1] She spoke about asylum and the situation for youth and women in the camp.[3]
UNFPA highlighted her in their publication of prominent icons and activists during the last 50 years.[4]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "شابة سورية تتحدى اللجوء بالعمل التطوعي في الزعتري". Alghad (in العربية). 9 October 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND (2019). STATE OF WORLD POPULATION 2019 : unfinished business – the pursuit of rights and choices ... for all. [Place of publication not identified]: UNITED NATIONS PUBLICATIO. ISBN 0-89714-029-X. OCLC 1099313967. Search this book on
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Nadeen talks to the world". Jasmine magazine. 2 November 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Luchsinger, Gretchen; Jensen, Janet; Jensen, Lois; Ottolini, Cristina (2019). Icons & Activists. 50 years of people making change (PDF). New York: UNFPA. p. 164. ISBN 978-0-89714-044-7. Search this book on
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