June 23, 2021
ATHENS (AFP) – In the offices of a small Athens charity offering vocational courses, a group of women are busy editing short films and podcasts under the supervision of an American director.
Refugees from Congo, Syria, Afghanistan and Iran, the women are being trained by GlobalGirl Media, an organisation teaching digital media and journalism skills to young women from under-served communities.
But although some have come to Greece from halfway across the world, they have found that the problems they face are not so different after all.
“I was not aware of the difficulties experienced by Greek women. During the interviews, we discussed at length the need to support each other as women whatever our origins, because we are going through similar experiences,” noted 25-year-old Afghan Fatemeh Jafari.