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The Documentary Podcast Boxing Sisters: Yazidi women boxing back to healthIn Northern Iraq, Yazidi women and girls who have been the victims of brutal sexual enslavement and lost swathes of their family and community to genocide at the hands of IS, are finding an unusual way to heal - boxing. Since 2014, when ISIS began targeting Yazidis because of their religious identity, those who survived the genocide have been confined to internally displaced persons camps in the Kurdish region of Iraq. Here conditions are difficult and the women and girls still struggle to process all that has happened to them. So, in 2018, in the face of limited mental health support...

2025-03-0626 min

Change Makers: Leadership, Good Business, Ideas and Innovation Campaigning Voices for Refugees with Edie LushHow do we support refugees to thrive in their second home? That’s the question we’re answering in a special edition of Change Makers, hosted by the fantastic journalist and broadcaster Edie Lush. For the first in a new series of the podcast exploring some of the most pressing issues of our time, Edie speaks with three campaigning voices for refugees about why it matters to ensure that we support refugees with human-centred policy and ensure that they can play an important role in the UK’s social and economic story. Amos Schonfield is the founder and CEO of...

2024-11-2928 min

Fearless Creative Leadership Taban Shoresh of The Lotus Flower - "The Refugee"What is your pain for? Taban Shoresh is the Founder of The Lotus Flower, a UK-based charity that supports women and girls that have been displaced by conflict, and helps them to build sustainable futures. Since 2016, the charity's projects have impacted more than 60,000 women, girls, and community members. Every now and then, you meet someone whose story stops you in your tracks. Taban's story starts with her being arrested in Iraq at the age of four. Three weeks later, she's ordered onto a bus that will take her to the place where she and other mem...

2024-08-2347 min

Fearless Creative Leadership Taban Shoresh - In 24Edited highlights of our full length conversation. What is your pain for? Taban Shoresh is the Founder of The Lotus Flower, a UK-based charity that supports women and girls that have been displaced by conflict, and helps them to build sustainable futures. Since 2016, the charity's projects have impacted more than 60,000 women, girls, and community members. Every now and then, you meet someone whose story stops you in your tracks. Taban's story starts with her being arrested in Iraq at the age of four. Three weeks later, she's ordered onto a bus that will tak...

2024-08-2324 min

Tech Talks From Genocide Survivor to Advocate: Taban Shoresh's Mission to Help Displaced WomenDavid recently spent time talking to Taban Shoresh OBE, the founder of The Lotus Flower, a charity dedicated to supporting women and girls impacted by conflict and displacement. Taban shares her inspiring personal story from being a genocide survivor and child political prisoner to becoming a passionate advocate for displaced women. Listen in as we discuss the challenges and triumphs of her mission, the importance of humanizing displacement, and the power of storytelling in driving change. To find out more about Taban and The Lotus Flower head to https://thelotusflower.org/story Tech Talks...

2024-08-0229 min

The Scrumptious Woman 081 From Genocide Survivor to Global Advocate: Taban Shoresh OBE. A Journey of Resilience and EmpowermentTrigger WarningThis episode contains discussions of trauma and sensitive war-related content, including experiences of genocide and displacement. Listener discretion is advised.________________________________________________________________________________________________Welcome back to another episode of The Scrumptious Woman. I'm your host, Juliette Karaman, and today I have the honour of speaking with an extraordinary woman, Taban Shoresh. Taban is not only an OBE recipient but also a genocide survivor who has turned her experiences into a beacon of hope for many. Prepare yourselves for a deeply moving and inspiring conversation.Episode SummaryIn this episode...

2024-06-0444 min

How I Became ...E26 | How A Kurdish Woman Survived Being Buried Alive To Help 60,000 People Thrive - Taban ShoreshAt the age of four, Taban Shoresh and her family found themselves imprisoned, facing a harrowing ordeal at the hands of Saddam Hussein's soldiers. Today, Taban stands as the driving force behind The Lotus Flower, a charitable organisation she founded. The mission of this organisation is to empower women, girls, children, and other community members affected by conflict and displacement, equipping them with the tools and opportunities needed to rebuild their shattered lives. Remarkably, The Lotus Flower has already made a profound impact, touching the lives of over 60,000 individuals, offering hope and support through its centres in...

2023-10-052h 20

But Why?BUT WHY BITESIZE - WAR WITH TABAN SHORESHThis week's But Why bitesize is extraordinary and a little different. In normal circumstances, these mini episodes involve a very complicated edit, but not this week. In this episode Clemmie is looking at war with child genocide survivor Taban Shoresh, who founded Lotus Flower, a non-profit that supports female conflict survivors and refugees in Kurdistan, Iraq. And this shortened episode is simply her first answer. You can find the full episode wherever you get your podcasts.With a political activist father during Saddam Hussein’s regime, Taban was imprisoned with her family aged just four, an...

2023-08-2817 min

Private Parts BONUS 148: Candy Kittens x Choose Love: Child Genocide Survivor Taban Shoresh shares her storyThis bonus episode is a very special live episode with Jamie and Taban Shoresh. Taban shares her story of being a Kurdish genocide survivor and talks to us about her incredible work as a British aid worker and women's rights activist.Candy Kittens is supporting Choose Love, the leading humanitarian charity. To find out more and to see how you can donate please visit the Candy Kittens website: https://candykittens.co.uk/pages/choose-love-2022 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2022-12-1429 min

But Why?WAR WITH TABAN SHORESHThis week Clemmie is looking at war with child genocide survivor Taban Shoresh, who founded Lotus Flower, a non-profit that supports female conflict survivors and refugees in Kurdistan, Iraq.With a political activist father during Saddam Hussein’s regime, Taban was imprisoned with her family aged just four, and they narrowly escaped being buried alive. After a year dodging bombs and bullets, they were finally flown to the UK by Amnesty to start a new life. In 2016 decided to give up her successful City of London career and establish Lotus Flower. It now supp...

2022-09-281h 08

Edelman UK Edelman Editions - Powered by GWEN, Edelman in conversation with Taban ShoreshPlease note, this episode discusses genocide and lived experiences under the Saddam Hussein regime that listeners may find distressing. In the latest episode of Edelman Editions and our Powered by GWEN series, Katy Evans, Group Client Director, Global and EMEA, caught up with Taban Shoresh, a British aid worker, women's rights activist and founder of non-profit organisation: The Lotus Flower. Taban is also a Kurdish genocide survivor from the Saddam Hussein regime. In this episode, Taban discusses her experience of growing up in the 1980’s under Saddam Hussein's regime and how she founded The Lotus Flower...

2022-08-0546 min

Change Makers: Leadership, Good Business, Ideas and Innovation Taban Shoresh – Resilience is key: finding solutions for every problemTaban Shoresh is founder of the Lotus Flower, the non-profit empowering vulnerable women and girls affected by conflict and humanitarian crises, and an ambassador for the Global Youth Movement, One Young World. Taban’s remarkable story started in Kurdistan, where her family were amongst the many persecuted by Saddam Hussein’s regime in the Kurdish genocide. Her horrific ordeal saw Taban imprisoned at the age of just four and later, narrowly escaping a mass live burial. Coming to the UK as a refugee in 1988, Taban built her life here, later moving into asset management. But in 2014, amids...

2022-07-0838 min

Second Curvers How Genocide Survivor Taban Shoresh Rebuilt Her Life and Became an Aid WorkerMy guest today is the incredible Taban Shoresh, a former child genocide survivor who suffered imprisonment as a four-year-old with her family, during the Saddam Hussein regime. Over time Taban adjusted to life here, but the trauma of her experiences never fully left her. She married at a young age and settled into her university studies and subsequent career. Little by little. She came to realize that the relationship she was in was highly abusive and she feared for her life once more. Somehow, however, she finds the courage to escape. By 2014, she set up t...

2022-02-1044 min

Hear Me, See Me Podcast Hear Me, See Me. Podcast. Taban Shoresh.Hear Me, See Me. Podcast. Taban Shoresh.Former child genocide survivor, Taban Shoresh is the founder of The Lotus Flower, a non-profit for women and girls that currently supports survivors of conflict in Kurdistan, Northern Iraq and Germany. Taban first established The Lotus Flower in London in 2016, after witnessing ISIS committing genocide in her homeland, some three decades after she endured similar atrocity and devastation during Saddam Hussein’s reign. With a tight-knit community of colleagues and advocates, Taban enables women and girls to flourish safely and on their own terms. As a fledgling charity, they ha...

2020-11-1852 min

Too Big For Your Boots with Liv Conlon Owning My Story with Taban Shoresh(Thought Leader Chat Podcast) One of the most incredible women in the UK, Taban Shoresh, joins us for this week's podcast. Taban is a motivational speaker, activist, Reiki Practitioner and the founder of The Lotus Flower, a UK-based non-profit organisation having a huge impact on the lives of displaced and refugee women and girls who have survived persecution and sexual violence under ISIS in Iraq. The programmes provide women and girls with a vital route to earning their own income inside the refugee camps and beyond –as well as providing the much-needed space to talk. The Lotus Flower organises ev...

2020-06-2446 min

Parents Who Think #71: SERVE - Taban ShoreshHow can we SERVE each other? In this episode I'm joined by Taban Shoresh. Self-described as "the accidental activist", Taban shares her incredible journey from child genocide survivor to Founder of non-profit The Lotus Flower. We explore listening the calling to SERVE, going back to our roots and how we can all effect change. Read the full shownotes over on our website >> https://www.schoolformothers.com/podcast_sfm/71-serve-taban-shoresh/ School for Mothers Website ● School For Mothers Private Facebook Group ● School for Mothers Instagram

2020-03-0441 min

A Good Good Thing Taban Shoresh and The Lotus FlowerJack and Neil are joined by aid worker, women's rights activist and campaigner Taban Shoresh. Iraqi Kurdish by birth, Taban's family were persecuted under Saddam Hussein's regime. After being imprisoned, Taban, just four years old at the time, alongside her family Taban narrowly escaped a mass live burial and the family eventual arrived in Britain. Fast-forward to adulthood, Taban was working in the city when she decided to leave her promising career to start the Lotus Flower, a non-profit that supports women and girls impacted by conflict and displacement. Made up local implementers that work at the grassroots level t...

2020-02-1751 min

Future Heist Lotus Flower: Women's Refugee CharityTaban 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...

2019-02-0845 min

Harriet Minter Presents: Badass Women’s Hour Ep; 214 Living with Cancer and Making Curry with Samia Thompson and Boxing Sisters with Taban ShoreshSamia Thompson's life was altered completely after having thyroid problems mistaken for stage four lung cancer.In the midst of running her own london cafe, Masalawala, the staggering diagnosis meant samia had to close her second business, as well as having to endure treatment and explain exactly what cancer is to her Mother. Follow her journey step by step on her blogTaban Shoresh started her life on Saddam Hussein most wanted list as the daughter of a freedom fighter and political activist poet.After reaching safety in the UK...

2018-12-0550 min