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March 29, 2022<\/strong>\u00a0– Recently, WPDI\u2019s Domestic Harmonizer Program (DHP) trainers were invited to participate as guest instructors for a group of future teacher leaders attending the\u00a0Asian<\/span>\u00a0University for Women (AUW) in Chittagong, Bangladesh. The students – all Afghan women who left Afghanistan following the recent instability in their country – received training in Conflict Resolution Education through three specialized classes conducted via Zoom using conflict and curriculum created and hosted on the DHP\u2019s soon to be released virtual center.<\/p>\n This class at AUW was instructed by a professor at California State University Dominguez Hills (CSUDH), a prior partner that was integral to the creation and evaluation of the DHP. It focused on literacy instruction and was designed to support women pursuing a Master\u2019s Degree in Education so that they can start and support secondary schools for young women in Afghanistan in the future. \u00a0 Other classes in teacher education and administration are being taught by professors from Cornell University, Harvard University, the University of Wisconsin, and Johns Hopkins University.<\/p>\n It is highly meaningful for the DHP to take part in empowering these amazing women who only arrived in Chittagong only in February. The women come from 17 of Afghanistan\u2019s 34 different provinces, including \u00a0Kabul, Herat, Balkh, Paktia, Kandahar, Badakhshan, Bamyan, Takhar, Jawzjan, Maidan Wardak, Ghazni, Baghlan, Daikondi, Nangarhar, Faryab, Nimroz and Ghor. They comprise of ethnic Hazaras, Tajiks, Pashtuns, Uzbeks, Sadats, and Arabs and, to a person, showcased exceptional motivation to pursue their educations. Representing the diversity of their peoples, each of them is an extraordinary ordinary hero, striving to work for the future of their country even in the face of extreme adversity.<\/p>\n
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