Great Salt Lake is getting saltier and other microbial tipping points of our namesake lake with Bonnie Baxter, Great Salt Lake Institute director. Women of the World set to celebrate 12 years of helping displaced women settle into Zion. .
Women of the World is a Utah-based nonprofit organization helping forcibly displaced refugees, asylees and immigrant women make Salt Lake City their home.
Established in 2009 by Samira Harnish, an immigrant from Iraq who came here to study engineering at the University of Utah, Women of the World empowers women to share their voice and achieve economic success through the programs funded through donations. When she arrived in Utah as a student, Harnish began helping forcibly displaced women in the community. Eventually she left her job of 17 years as a research and development engineer to create Women of the World and help these women full time.
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Utah nonprofit helping refugee women at double disadvantage during pandemic
Adjusting to a new life in America can be challenging for refugees, especially women.
Posted at 9:36 AM, Mar 04, 2021
and last updated 2021-03-04 11:36:12-05
SALT LAKE CITY â Adjusting to a new life in America can be challenging for refugees, especially women.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, many refugee women lost their jobs, particularly in the retail, hospitality and manufacturing industries. The problem was worsened when some refugee services were forced to close.
One organization, Women of the World, managed to stay open and has continued offering its services for refugee women during the pandemic.