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Mothers share a bond, whether they are mothers from Utah or from a war-torn country seeking refugee status. Women of the World and The Leonardo Museum are excited to announce that together we will be celebrating “Mothers of the World” by unveiling an art installation of the same name. All of this will happen as part of The Leonardo’s Community Connections program and Women of the World’s Annual Celebration of Mother’s Day on Sunday, 8 May 2016. When: Sunday, 8 May 2016. Doors

The blog Heart of the Community accepted on of Women of the World’s client’s stories. Utah Bankers Association launched a new social media initiative entitled “The Heart of Our Community!” We want to give credit where credit is due– the wonderful people and the non-profit organizations they support that work hard to fill the gaps that exist in the fabric of our communities “Prathi” (not her real name) is a wonderful mother and hardworking woman who has been helping to make he

The celebration of those that brought us into the world and that nurture and care for us throughout our lives is a key rite preserved in most cultures.  In America, this rite is celebrated on the most important holiday of all – Mother’s Day.  Many of our new neighbors taking refuge in Utah have a streak of celebrating mothers and grandmothers, even promoting them to the head of the household, but these celebrations do not fall on a specific day.  As WoW has constantly said, w

This beautiful sentiment was left by one of our generous donors in honor of her mom for Mother’s Day 2014.  Women of the World is grateful to all of our wonderful donors and their terrific mothers! Dear Mom, I feel like no matter where I’ve gone in the world, I’m always the most inspired by the strong women I meet. I know that’s because you set the example early of what a strong, courageous, faithful woman truly is. Thank you for being my biggest supporter and giving me the f

This week Women of the World was the guest on Cultural Connections with Nkoyo Iyamba on KSL Radio.  Nkoyo is a great friend of Women of the World and continues to broadcast women refugee issues in Utah through her weekly radio program.  In this installation, parenting in the refugee community was reviewed with its unique struggles and important benefits.  Women of the World President, Samira Harnish, feels strongly about these issues, working to enable women refugees to not o

On 10 May, the mobile version of the Salt Lake City Tribune published a nice article about Women of the World’s Mother’s Day celebration. “We have 25,000 refugees here in Utah and 98 percent of them live in Salt Lake,” Harnish said. “It was my dream to help women in the Middle East, but I realized that there is just as great of a need to help women here, too.”According to the Refugee Services office of the Utah Department of Workforce Services, women and girls represent 47 pe

Women of the World was featured in a Mother’s Day story in the Deseret News.  Our founder Samira Harnish and longtime client Reja Modlam talked to Deseret News columnist Cathy Free about Women of the World.  This year Women of the World is using the tagline “Women of the World went to the ends of the earth to save their children,” a tribute to the courage and ingenuity of these mothers. #mom #speeches #samira #Events #deseretnews #mothers #mothersday

Women of the World would like to thank all of the attendees especially those mothers who took time out of their day to cook and celebrate with other mothers in the universal celebration of the special women that give us life and whose love gives us meaning. https://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf #mom #refugee #Events #mothers #mothersday