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Tag: Child Marriage

Too young to wed, too young to mother

Posted on June 10, 2016 by Free Women Writers

Awesta Telyar Azada Neda cries every time her child cries. She was only fourteen when her family decided to marry…

Posted in BlogTagged Afghan Women, Afghanistan, Child Marriage, discrimination, Education, empowerment, equality, Forced Marriage, freedom, gender-based violence, misogyny, women, women's rights

I Want Stones

Posted on January 7, 2016 by Free Women Writers

By Manizha Shahi I want stones as heavy as my trauma To throw at the chests Of the “enlightened” and…

Posted in BlogTagged Afghanistan, Child Marriage, Forced Marriage, gender-based violence, Poetry, Stonning, women

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