{"id":1706,"date":"2013-11-13T21:58:32","date_gmt":"2013-11-13T21:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.icfhouston.com\/?p=1706"},"modified":"2025-12-17T20:00:58","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T02:00:58","slug":"overcoming-career-obstacles-for-the-professional-iranian-american-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icfhouston.com\/fa\/overcoming-career-obstacles-for-the-professional-iranian-american-woman\/","title":{"rendered":"Overcoming Career Obstacles for the Professional Iranian-American Woman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-id=\"1709\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.icfhouston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Giti-Zarinkelk-web-edit-300x254.jpg\" alt=\"Giti Zarinkelk web edit\" width=\"300\" height=\"254\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1709\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>The Network of Iranian American Professional Women (NIAPW) Presents:<\/h1>\n<p>&#8220;Overcoming Career Obstacles for the Professional Iranian-American Woman&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>by<br \/>\nMrs. Giti Zarinkelk, P.E.<br \/>\nPresident<br \/>\nZarinkelk Engineering Services, Inc.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, November 20, 2013<br \/>\n6:00 pm \u2013 Networking<br \/>\n6:30-7:30 pm \u2013 Presentation<\/p>\n<p>ICF Conference Room<br \/>\n9703 Richmond Ave. Suite 105<br \/>\nHouston, TX 77042<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Network of Iranian American Professional Women (NIAPW) Presents: &#8220;Overcoming Career Obstacles for the Professional Iranian-American Woman&#8221; by Mrs. Giti&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1706","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-non-icf-events","7":"pmpro-has-access"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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