Jurate Kazickas, Author at Women's eNews

Jurate Kazickas

Jurate Kazickas, a former reporter for the Associated Press, is a Women's eNews 21 Leader for the 21st Century. She is a board member of the Women's Refugee Commission, which works to improve the lives and protects the rights of women, children and youth displaced by conflict and crisis.

In Today’s Refugees I Am Finding My Mother’s Memories

By Jurate Kazickas ● Commentary ● February 2, 2016

Traveling through Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia with the Women’s Refugee Commission was eerie. So much of what I heard echoed my own family’s experience, decades ago.

Myanmar Female Muslim Refugees Run Out of Hope

By Jurate Kazickas ● Uncategorized ● December 17, 2013

At the end of our visit to the camp for internally displaced people, we thanked the women for sharing their stories. But then they said: visitors come, we talk to them, they listen, leave. Nothing changes for us.

Back on Top of Kilimanjaro, 46 Years Later

By Jurate Kazickas ● Commentary ● August 18, 2011

Kilimanjaro was a mountain that Jurate Kazickas had already climbed, many years ago and in her tennis shoes. But this summer, at 68, she found herself once again scaling Africa’s highest peak and feeling pretty great.

‘City of Joy’ Celebrates Survival, Love and Funding

By Jurate Kazickas ● Crime & Law ● February 12, 2011

Valentine’s Day came early for Jurate Kazickas at a celebration in early February in the Democratic Republic of Congo marking the opening of the City of Joy, a recovery sanctuary for rape survivors. Eve Ensler was radiant at the center of it all.

Jurate Kazickas

Jurate Kazickas's Latest Articles

In Today’s Refugees I Am Finding My Mother’s Memories

Myanmar Female Muslim Refugees Run Out of Hope

Back on Top of Kilimanjaro, 46 Years Later

‘City of Joy’ Celebrates Survival, Love and Funding