Roya Saberzada As women, we are fed beautiful slogans and poetic platitudes about womanhood and motherhood on a daily basis….
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300 Afghan Students, Teachers Speak out Against Street Harassment
This article was first published on StopStreetHarassment.org To commemorate International Anti-Street Harassment Week, Free Women Writers, an Afghan blog for…
Shafiq Mureed Calls on Fellow Men to Do Their Part
Noorjahan Akbar Today I woke up to a wonderful ray of sunshine otherwise known as Shafiq Mureed, a famous Afghan…
Discrimination is Violence
Roya Saberzada I am a human. God has created both, my brother and I, free. The intellect that God has…
War prevents progress: an interview with our founder
Do you want to learn more about Free Women Writers and our founder, Noorjahan Akbar? In a recent interview with…
International Anti-Street Harassment Week in Afghanistan
What are people around the world doing during International Anti-Street Harassment Week? Learn all about events happening in Afghanistan, Cameroon,…
A Year Later, Still No Justice for Farkhunda
Noorjahan Akbar On March 19, 2015, Farkhunda Malikzada was murdered by a mob of angry Afghan men because a local…
Understand my humanity
Frozan Akbaryar Countrymen, do not test my patience with your power. I am strong. I am a woman. An Afghan…
When Women Learn to Protect Patriarchy
Kamila Ataee Afghanistan is a country that has experienced more than three decades of war and its citizens have gone…
Everyday Sexism in Afghanistan
Farima Nawabi Here in Afghanistan, if you are a man, you are superior to all others. But if you’re a…