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
Nadine Al Haraki was born in Syria. She studied geography at the Damascus University, and got married during the third year at 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 a 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
- ↑ 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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