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Teaching refugee women to drive goes farther than their destination

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By SHARON JOHNSON Associated Press STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. (AP) — A greater Atlanta program called Women Behind the Wheel offers 14 hours of free drivers’ education to mostly refugee and immigrant women. Many of the women who enroll come from countries that discourage women from driving or working outside their home. However, the women and their families learn how access to their own transportation can help them build a future in the U.S. Women Behi…

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Teaching refugee women to drive goes farther than their destination

A greater Atlanta program called Women Behind the Wheel offers 14 hours of free drivers’ education to mostly refugee and immigrant women. Many of the women who enroll come from

21 days ago·United States

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Teaching refugee women to drive goes farther than their destination

21 days ago·Colorado Springs, United States

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Teaching refugee women to drive goes farther than their destination

21 days ago·Idaho Falls, United States

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Teaching refugee women to drive goes farther than their destination

By SHARON JOHNSON Associated Press STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. (AP) — In a large, empty parking lot outside Atlanta, one car slowly careened around parking spaces. From the passenger seat, driving instructor Nancy Gobran peered over large sunglasses at her student, a 30-year-old Syrian refugee woman who was driving for one of the first times in her life. “Turn the wheel and then accelerate,” Gobran, the owner of Safety Driving School, said softly in Ara…

21 days ago·Panama City, United States

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Teaching refugee women to drive goes farther than their destination

STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. (AP) -- In a large, empty parking lot outside Atlanta, one car slowly careened around parking spaces. From the passenger seat, driving instructor Nancy Gobran peered over large sunglasses at her student, a 30-year-old Syrian refugee woman who was driving for one of the first times in her life.

21 days ago·Canada

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