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Taban Shoresh was a teenager when she escaped genocide in Iraq. She escaped to the UK, where she grew up, but quit her City job to go back to Kurdistan to help refugees displaced by conflict, and set up Lotus Flower. Lotus Flower is a non-profit that supports women and girls impacted by conflict and displacement. They empower vulnerable women and girls so that they are safe, have opportunities to learn, given the tools to become financially independent and have the freedom to speak out and lead change.They create and operate community centres for women and girls that provide programming structured around 6 pillars chosen in accordance with the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. Each centre offers bespoke programming based on the community's needs and incorporating their feedback, with classes like boxing, English language and computing skills. Find out more at www.thelotusflower.org and follow them on Twitter and Instagram @thelotusf Produced and recorded by Rena Niamh SmithTheme music by Benjamin TassieArtwork by Fleur BeckSound engineering by Simon Guy