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My Career Journey Map By: Farahnaz Nazir

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My Career Journey MapBy: Farahnaz Nazir

University of Kharkov Ukraine

Graduated from high school

Married

SON

Kabul

KabulBorn in Ukraine

After graduation went back to Kabul

TBaby Girl Born

Electrical Engineer

war Taliban

Moved to Pakistan as refugee

Farsi language teacher in college

Community development Officer (CDO) in Mercy Corp International

CDO certificate and other training

Back to Afghanistan

IDoctors with out bothers (MSF)Supervisor of Health clinicSupervisor and facilitator of Community health workerSupervisor of nutrition unitACTEDRelief coordinator for 500 families who were displaced

North

Political activities

• Refused to cover my face wearing a Burqua.

• Founder and coordinator of Afghan Women’s Association (AWA).

• Wrote charter of AWA and fought against women having to follow the sharya law.

• Celebrated international women’s day in Afghanistan bringing many women together.

• Sent an open letter to Mr. Bush and Mr.Coffie Annan.

Practice of the AWA Charter

• Media interview to CBC, BBC, NBC, CBS, New York times etc.

• Advocate for women’s rights• Opened a school for girls• Opened women’s center

providing jobs for 250 women• Trained 14 women basic health

care and for the first time they were getting personal income as women.

• Opened literacy classes and health care training centers

• Distributed clothes for displace people

Had to flee the country

Exploring myself in a new society

•Learning the English language•Volunteer work •Speeches•Networking•Got honorable membership in the International women organization, ZONTA•Media interviews•Traveled to USA , Europe and around Canada•Got landed immigrant status •Got job as a counselor•Still getting used to the weather •Got Canadian citizenship

Political refugee in Canada

New environment New cultureNew languageNew systemNo identity

Back to Kabul For 17days

Continue working with Afghanistan women Association •Contacted members of AWA•Fund raising for Women and children in Afghanistan•Reestablished AWA under a different name and register with the government •Funded a skill development project and adult education• 80 women graduated after 2 years and opened their one small businesses•Got an award for life long learning in Canada•This opened a new desire to go back to school for a career change. Career

Development

practitioner

Attended human rights conference in Kabul

Goals & wishes

- Graduate from Conestoga.- Get a job as a Career development practitioner.- Help others Travel

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