Before her modest restart to life in Melbourne, Maryam Nabavi was a brave, frontline female journalist in Kabul when the Taliban overran the Afghan capital on August 15, 2021, forcing her — like so many of her peers — to flee for life.
He added that one of the challenges for this group was the relatively small size of the Australian public sector, meaning that — in most cases — they will need to leverage their skills gained in the public sector into private sector roles.
He said that, among the recently arrived Afghans, were medical doctors, engineers, academics, IT professionals, accountants, senior team leaders and project managers. Mir Ehsanullah Adeeb — who had an important role with Afghanistan's Environment Protection Agency before coming to Australia — is already making a contribution to his new home.
"I am happy and proud to mention that I restarted my career in Australia in the sustainability team of one of the biggest infrastructure projects in the history of Victoria, which is conforming [to] my vision for my career life and giving me peace of mind while performing my job," he said.
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