9. Paragon of Global Citizenship - Jana Amin (Change-Maker)

Paragon: Interviews with Charities and Change-Makers

Jana Amin is an Egyptian-American girls' education activist. She works closely with The Collateral Repair Project (@crp_amman), a Jordan-based NGO dedicated to supporting refugee women and girls. She gave a TEDxYouth Talk on changing the narrative around Muslim women. Recently, she hosted a virtual event, #17for17: Advocating for Girl’s Education, where she brought together 17 influential speakers from 17 different countries and thousands of attendees. On top of that, she conducts research on the media representation of Muslim women, having presented one of her research projects at the American University of Cairo and continuing her research through her internship at the Harvard Kennedy School. She is also a member of the Youth Activism Project (@youactproject) and a podcaster and co-founder of the series Untextbooked (@untextbooked). She has been featured in The National UAE, MarieClaire Arabia, Egyptian Streets, Daily News Egypt, Black and White Magazine, and a number of other publications. If that wasn’t enough, she competes nationally with her high school’s debate team, is part of the varsity squash team, and plays the harp. And she's only 17!

Learn more about Jana:

• Instagram: @janaamin03 / @bantoota
• LinkedIn: Jana Amin
• Website: https://www.janaamin.com/
• Presentations: TEDxYouth Talk, UN SDG Action Panel

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