Fast-forward 18 years and the aspiring human rights lawyer has been rubbing shoulders with world leaders, including United Nations Secretary-General hopeful Helen Clark. She talked women's rights with Clark, discussed her bid for the UN's top job and snapped a selfie with her. Rez Gardi saw the worst of humanity as a child living in a refugee camp in Pakistan. After the women's conference, she headed to the OECD forum in Paris, the Global Refugee Youth Consultations, and will attend the annual UNHCR NGO meeting in Geneva next month. It all could have been so different for Gardi, who was born in the Pakistan refugee camp to parents of Kurdish descent who fled Iraq more than 20 years ago.

Source: New Zealand Herald May 21, 2016 11:33 UTC