We attended the Ordinary Women, Extraordinary Tales event at Manchester Central Library on 3 March 2016. We wrote stories of inspirational Syrian women to stick on the map of Manchester. These stories are going to be typed up by the Central Library and go into the archives under inspirational women so that everyone will be able to read them there.
A group of Syrian women met on 24 February to discuss community initiatives that they are planning. They have already started a project to collect clothes for Syria, and another one to help new Syrians integrate into their new communities. This group is now working on building a database of Syrians in Manchester and scoping out the needs of this group.
A group of women met in the office of Rethink Rebuild Society on Thursday 21 January to discuss community initiatives that they are interested in organising. The women agreed on a number of projects and assigned team leaders for each one. These projects include:
RR, in collaboration with Jasmine of Peace, hosted a women-only event on 7 March in celebration of International Women's Day 2015. The audience learned about the struggles, hopes, aspirations, and experiences of the Syrian woman and enjoyed entertainment put together by a group of young Syrian girls as well as a dabke group.
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