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WAW’s New York Community Center: MOIA’s Immigrant Heritage Week 2019

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5hlGKjoYv0&t=1s The NYC Mayor's Office for Immigrant Affairs' made this poignant video about Immigrant WAW's New York Community Center (NYCC) in celebration of Immigrant Heritage Week in New York City! Naheed Samadi Bahram, the Director of WAW's NYCC, stars in this video--as she does in our community--and tells viewers how critical WAW's life-changing work is. For example, our clients have a 100% success rate in the Citizenship Test! …

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#ByHerSide in Afghanistan

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlDYMT3b8pk&t=199s WAW’s #ByHerSide program in Afghanistan provides access to critically-needed health services including: treatment for survivors of rape or incest (including emergency reconstructive surgeries as needed); treatment for survivors of physical abuse or violence by family or community members; obstetrics and gynecological services for pregnant women (including nutritional supplements to reduce incidences of malnutrition and providing medicines such as pain relievers); and birth and after-birth services in a high-quality medical facility. …

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Afghanistan Refugees: WAW Helps Women Adjust to Life in the U.S.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_hC_xjNY9Q&t=61s Al Jazeera America produced this mini-documentary in an April 2016 report that features just some of what we do at Women for Afghan Women's New York Community Center. WAW client, Sitara, and her daughter have made an incredibly successful adjustment to their new lives in the United States. Sitara now has a full-time job, her daughter is in our Girls Leadership Program and is doing extremely well in school. This client story is just one of the many great success stories that makes all of us at WAW so proud, and so sure we are doing right by our clients. …

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