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Didem Tali is a multimedia journalist whose collaborations have included the New York Times, Al Jazeera, BBC, Financial Times, The Guardian and many more. With a passion for gender and international development issues, she has reported from Europe, Middle East, Asia, Africa and Latin America. Read her stories at www.didemtali.com and follow her on Twitter @didem_tali.
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Thanks to a new handcrafts initiative in Istanbul, Syrian refugee women find confidence and artistic expression making earrings, as well as providing extra income for their households.
Since their tough start in Istanbul, Sabah and Mayas, two sisters from Aleppo, have mastered Turkish and are now thriving at school. But many Syrian refugee children feel lost in Turkey’s education system – if they make it to class at all.
Young Syrian refugee women have been learning to juggle, walk on stilts and hula-hoop as part of a new scheme in Turkey designed to break down language and social barriers, Didem Tali reports for Women & Girls Hub.
A new nonprofit initiative in a Turkish border town is finding that the simple act of teaching Syrian refugee women the local language can help them find jobs, integrate into their communities and empower their families, Didem Tali reports for Women and Girls Hub.
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