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Empowering Refugees: Interview with Kjerstin Erickson of FORGE

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Erickson founded FORGE (Facilitating Opportunities for Refugee Growth and Empowerment) in 2003 when she was a 20 year-old junior studying public policy at Stanford University. The projects can range from preschools, to libraries and computer training centers, to women empowerment programs. What advice do you have for them?

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Bringing Women a Global Voice: Jensine Larsen, World Pulse

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What advice do you have for people to navigate those growing pains? They came from Sudan, from Saudi Arabia, from all over, some of the most unheard places of the world. A woman journalist from Sudan had her story about the flogging of a woman who was wearing pants get picked up, and it made international headlines.

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