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Transcript/ScriptSLUG: Afghan Refugee Pakistan
HEADLINE: Afghan woman teaches jewelry making to refugee girls in Pakistan
TEASER:
PUBLISHED AT: 06/19/2024 at 1:42 am
BYLINE: Muska Safi
CONTRIBUTOR: Meena Barek
DATELINE: Peshawar, Pakistan
VIDEOGRAPHER: Muska Safi
VIDEO EDITOR:
SCRIPT EDITORS: Reifenrath, Baragona
VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA Original | Afghan Service
PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV _x_ RADIO __
TRT: 2:33
VID APPROVED BY: wpm
TYPE: TVR
EDITOR NOTES: Please send the edited copy to Bezhan and Roshan
Video1: https://app.frame.io/player/b44f2e01-00ac-42c5-a7d7-a28bf95363a1
Footage folder: https://app.frame.io/projects/ae30dd8f-b6c4-418a-b02d-530603115a58/b31f7ad1-fbd5-4af8-a7f0-8dfa690af690
[[EDS/PRODUCERS: World Refugee Day is on June 20]]
((INTRO))
In Peshawar, Pakistan, former schoolteacher Zarghona Hamidi is teaching other young Afghan refugee women like her how to make fashion jewelry so they can help support their families. Muska Safi has the story, narrated by Bezhan Hamdard.))
((NARRATOR))
Afghan refugee Zarghona Hamidi is giving lessons in the art of making fashion jewelry from her house in the Pakistani city of Peshawar.
Hamidi, who married a Pakistani citizen and has four children, says she started the training to help young Afghan refugee women deprived of education and job opportunities.
((radio: Hamidi says it has been a month and a half since she started teaching 15 young women how to make earrings, bracelets, necklaces, anklets and other things. In their area, most of the women are not educated. Therefore, she decided to help them learn something so they could support their families.))
((Zarghona Hamidi, Afghan Refugee) ((Female, Pashto)) ((00:06 to 00:33))
“It's been a month and a half since I started teaching 15 young women. I teach them how to make earrings, bracelets, necklaces, anklets, and other things. In our area, most of the girls are not educated; therefore, I decided to help them learn something so they would support their families.”
((NARRATOR))
Most of Hamidi's students are happy for the opportunity to earn money. Her student Fatima goes by her first name.
((radio: She says they meet from 2 to 5 in the afternoon and have learned a lot. She wants to learn the art further to start making jewelry at home and help her husband.))
((Fatima, Afghan Refugee) ((Female, Pashto)) ((03:33 to 03:52))
"We come here from 2 to 5 p.m. and have learned a lot. And I want to learn the art further to start [making jewelry] at home and help my husband.”
((NARRATOR))
Hamidi says that Afghan refugees, particularly women, do not have many opportunities to work in Pakistan.
Five years ago, she was a schoolteacher. But she lost that job as Pakistan imposed restrictions on Afghan refugees.
She says that despite being a college graduate, she cannot find a job because she is a refugee with an Afghan Citizen Card, which grants only limited rights.
((radio: She says when officials look at her documents and qualifications, they say, "You have the education." But when she shows her Afghan Citizen Card, they tell her they can't give her a job.))
((Zarghona Hamidi, Afghan Refugee)) ((Female, Pashto)) ((00:47 to 01:07))
“I am educated and have a BA, but I can’t find a job. When they look at my documents and CV, they say, ‘You have the education,’ but when I show my card, they tell me they can’t give me a job.”
((NARRATOR))
The United Nations says that around 3.1 million Afghan refugees live in Pakistan, 800,000 of whom hold Afghan Citizen Cards.
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In addition to being married to a Pakistani citizen, Hamidi was born in Pakistan but still does not have citizenship.
((radio: Hamidi says she calls on the Pakistani government to grant nationality to those Afghans who were born in Pakistan or those who married Pakistanis. It will help improve the prospects of their children, who need an education.))
((Zarghona Hamidi, Afghan Refugee)) ((Female, Pashto)) ((02:28 to 02:45))
“I call on the Pakistani government to grant nationality to those Afghans who were born here or those who are married to Pakistanis. It will help our children with their future as they have to get an education.”
((NARRATOR))
Hamidi hopes one day to return to teaching schoolchildren.
((For Muska Safi in Peshawar, Bezhan Hamdard, VOA News))
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NewsML Media TopicsArts, Culture, Entertainment and Media
Subtitles / Dubbing AvailableNo
NetworkVOA
Embargo DateJune 20, 2024 02:09 EDT
BylineBezhan Hamdard
Brand / Language ServiceVoice of America - English
