Soraya Fallah Some activities and pictures
Demonstration for Human Rights Speaker TV interview
Community Work holding an event for Community
Featured in Roeters
Featured by Simon Almen," Thank you my eyes"
UNCSW
Interviewed in Kurdistan
Women in Diplomacy event
Brief Biography of Dr. Soraya Fallah,
Dr. Soraya Fallah is a doctorate graduate and scholar
from California State University Northridge (CSUN). She studied Educational
Leadership and Policy Studies. She also holds a Master’s degree in
International Relations & Law.
She is a published author for Learning Challenges for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CLD) Students with Disabilities (2020) is a reference source in the educational literature arena. College students in a credential program, PK-12 administrators, PK-14 teachers, disability organizations, school staff development trainers, educational consulting companies & initiatives, and activists for rights of education can use this book.
Soraya is a lifelong women and human rights advocate
and activist. She is one of the founding members of
UNWomen-USNC Greater LA Chapter and she is currently serving as ambassador. She has gained the knowledge and drive for
leadership through her life experiences, lifelong dedication to advocacy, and
education. She has been a community leader and
has helped paved the way for other women to follow their passions. She often
focuses on gender empowerment and building on community strengths and
resiliency. She is the former co-president of
UNASUA-SFV Chapter and current Advocacy Chair. She is a cofounder of Kurdish Community of Southern California (KCSC)
and helps organize community gatherings, mobilizes for urgent human rights actions,
and plans culturally enriching events.
Dr. Soraya has been working as a social worker and supervisor in
numerous community-based services for more than15 years. She has helped many
immigrants from culturally and linguistically diverse communities and has served
hundreds of individuals through this world. Her own lived
experiences as a former refugee has given her insight into the challenges faced
by historically disadvantaged communities and moves her to better serve
marginalized people. She strives to be an agent of change. In her work
capacity, one of her primary duties has been to
educate immigrants and help them navigate the various challenges they face as
they try to integrate into an entirely new country. Soraya
serves elderly immigrates by providing them with mental health and community
resources. She provides these services with respect and compassion and
prioritizes the dignity and worth of every individual. Dr Soraya is a
culturally humble provider with deep sensitivity to linguistic and cultural
differences.
As a scholar, Dr. Soraya conducted one of the
first studies on immigrant families of children with disabilities from the
Middle East North Africa, and Southeast Asian region.
Fallah’s research “Giving Voice to an Invisible
Population”
was featured as a ground breaking research on students with disabilities that can
benefit students across the world and was chosen for the 31st Annual CSU Statewide
Research Competition. Dr. Fallah worked with CSUN’s Center for Teaching and
Learning (CTL) and is currently an associate at 2Teach,LLC, a CTL’s initiative.
Additionally, Dr. Soraya is an
award-winning published author and has spoken at numbers of national and
international events.
Following are some pictures of Soraya.
Conference in University of Kurdistan in Northern Iraq on Women's Right in the Middle East
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Conference in Washington DC on Women's Human Rights
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University of California Art, Motherhood and revolution conference
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Women's Voice Radio station on Kurdish women
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SanJose Ca on human rights and minority during Green Movement in Iran
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Global Citizen Award
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University of Sand Diego documentary on Iranian women's Voice for Department of language
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UNAUSA AWARD
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Iranian TV program on Human Rights in Iran
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Speech for Award ceremony, Global citizen award, UNA
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CSUN for education
Iranian TV, Pouyesh against Execution
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First Middle Eastern Conference in Diarbekr, Turkey
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Los Angeles Talks on Elderly Right
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UNWomen Award
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Conference on " Abolishment of Chemicals weapons"
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Campaign for Free Nasrin Setoodeh Iranian woman lawyer
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Conference and special meetings with Parliamentarian Turkey on Middle Eastern Women's Right
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Community Work: Irvine Global Village -Cultural event
First white color in the front
Along with Kurdish Community
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Voice of America on U.S election
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UNAUSA-SFV
First person in the front sitting (in creamy color)
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Interview by Rahim Rashidi, White House Correspondent for Kurdish Issue, during a demonstration
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My article contribution to the Kurdish Review
On IRI Terrorisms
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Sweden Conference Workshop and Launching 16 days campaign against violence
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Center for Teaching and Learning Conference, CSUN
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UCLA, Conference on Political Prisoners in Iran
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UNWomen Summit Speaker
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Campaign against compulsory hijab
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Los Angles, Amnesty International Tabling and conference , Free Iranian woman activist, Esha Momeni
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CNN, Los Angles, Free Woman Political Prisoner campaign Zainab Jalalian
CNN, Los Angles, Free Woman Political Prisoner campaign Zainab Jalalian
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More extensive bio:
Dr. Fallah is a full time social worker, who combines activism with academia to give voice to underprivileged children and their families. She is a lifelong women and human rights advocate and researcher. From a young age she has been tirelessly dedicating her time, energy, and resources to lead and mobilize campaigns for the advancement of human rights around the globe. Her work has often endangered her life, but she has continued on with more urgency and resilience.
Soraya’s list of activism and accomplishments are seemingly endless. Some of the highlights are having organized and chaired the first international conference for women in post-Saddam Iraq
Her articles in English, Farsi, and Kurdish are regularly published in several international media outlets and magazines. She is a regular commentator on radio broadcasts such as Voice of America, KPFK 92.7, COOP 102.7 FM, VOKRadio,Radio Payam,Radio Neda,KIRN 670Am,and Radio Zamaneh. She also participated in TV shows such as Didar, NITV,Andisheh(poyesh) to broadcast about culture, human rights and women’s right.
Soraya serves theLos Angeles
Soraya worked along with KNC-NA,KAES,KHRW for different projects and was part of mobilization of Kurdish women inIran to contact Ahmas Shahid UN Special Rapporteur on Iran and along with a group sending a booklet on Kurdish women in Iran
She is a loving wife and mother of two children who are in college and always support her causes.
Soraya has co-founded several non-governmental organizations and holds an advisory and board positions in several other NGOs that are raising public awareness on the abuses of human rights and women’s rights in Iran such as Women Lead Life as a president, Society for Human Rights in Iran-SC as a secretary, Supporters of Mourning Mothers(Mothers of Laleh),and One Million Signature Campaign for gender equality in Iran, she was presenting campaign in the UN Commission on Status of Women for first time on 2007 to catch attention of women around the world to the brutal law in Iran against women . She is currently the acting president of Kurdish Community of Southern California aiming to connect Kurds in US to keep their cultural and identity and language .Soraya also works with leaders of “Azarmehr Org” a non profit organization that works for advancement and empowerment of Kurdish women,Kurdish women tribune and “Jnani Rojhelat”. She works extensively with Amnesty International, The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), UNAUSA as the Vice president programming of San Fernando Valley UNA-USA , and other advocacy groups. Soraya is VP of US Committee For UNWomen Greater LA chapter, newly established organization with mission of Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women.
She has often been a leader in the community and has helped pave the way for other women to follow their passions. In 2011 she broke cumbersome traditions by becoming the first MS. Kurdistan during the Miss Exoti-Lady Pageants.
Soraya participated in many project as a Subject Matter Expert to research onIran Iran
Soraya also helped in a project called” Education under Fire” where the Angels of Iran’s team produced a short film on her story and was released on March 2012
In her personal life she is a creative person. Her creativity manifests in her songwriting. She sings traditional as well as modern music. She hopes that her songs can help raise awareness about the atrocities facing the people she is fighting for. She also translates songs, recording people singing resistance songs , participated in unknown singer for film, and anti genocide project. Her songs were produced with a young American-Filipino musician Omeed Rafizadeh.
She dedicated most of her songs to Amnesty to be used as inspiration to young people to pursue human rights.
Soraya is recipient of some awards from different organizations. Recently (on April 2012 )she received “ Leadership and Human Rights award “ in The 4th Annual Sheriff's Show, Honoring Men & Women in Uniform, Community & Business Leaders.She is recipient of the IWSF 2012 “Hammed Shahidian Critical Feminist Award” for her analysis of Kurdish Women’s Situation inIran
Her articles in English, Farsi, and Kurdish are regularly published in several international media outlets and magazines. She is a regular commentator on radio broadcasts such as Voice of America, KPFK 92.7, COOP 102.7 FM, VOKRadio,Radio Payam,Radio Neda,KIRN 670Am,and Radio Zamaneh. She also participated in TV shows such as Didar, NITV,Andisheh(poyesh) to broadcast about culture, human rights and women’s right.
Soraya serves the
Soraya worked along with KNC-NA,KAES,KHRW for different projects and was part of mobilization of Kurdish women in
She is a loving wife and mother of two children who are in college and always support her causes.
Soraya has co-founded several non-governmental organizations and holds an advisory and board positions in several other NGOs that are raising public awareness on the abuses of human rights and women’s rights in Iran such as Women Lead Life as a president, Society for Human Rights in Iran-SC as a secretary, Supporters of Mourning Mothers(Mothers of Laleh),and One Million Signature Campaign for gender equality in Iran, she was presenting campaign in the UN Commission on Status of Women for first time on 2007 to catch attention of women around the world to the brutal law in Iran against women . She is currently the acting president of Kurdish Community of Southern California aiming to connect Kurds in US to keep their cultural and identity and language .Soraya also works with leaders of “Azarmehr Org” a non profit organization that works for advancement and empowerment of Kurdish women,Kurdish women tribune and “Jnani Rojhelat”. She works extensively with Amnesty International, The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), UNAUSA as the Vice president programming of San Fernando Valley UNA-USA , and other advocacy groups. Soraya is VP of US Committee For UNWomen Greater LA chapter, newly established organization with mission of Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women.
She has often been a leader in the community and has helped pave the way for other women to follow their passions. In 2011 she broke cumbersome traditions by becoming the first MS. Kurdistan during the Miss Exoti-Lady Pageants.
Soraya participated in many project as a Subject Matter Expert to research on
Soraya also helped in a project called” Education under Fire” where the Angels of Iran’s team produced a short film on her story and was released on March 2012
In her personal life she is a creative person. Her creativity manifests in her songwriting. She sings traditional as well as modern music. She hopes that her songs can help raise awareness about the atrocities facing the people she is fighting for. She also translates songs, recording people singing resistance songs , participated in unknown singer for film, and anti genocide project. Her songs were produced with a young American-Filipino musician Omeed Rafizadeh.
She dedicated most of her songs to Amnesty to be used as inspiration to young people to pursue human rights.
Soraya is recipient of some awards from different organizations. Recently (on April 2012 )she received “ Leadership and Human Rights award “ in The 4th Annual Sheriff's Show, Honoring Men & Women in Uniform, Community & Business Leaders.She is recipient of the IWSF 2012 “Hammed Shahidian Critical Feminist Award” for her analysis of Kurdish Women’s Situation in
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