Refugee advocate among Australia's most influential women

Refugee advocate Shukufa Tahiri says she is honoured to be named as a "woman of influence" and says it will spur her on to continue her work changing peoples' attitudes towards refugees and asylum seekers.

Shukufa Tahiri. Source: Supplied

Most young refugees, like Shukufa, have had either disrupted education or no education before arriving in Australia. (SBS) Source: SBS