Yalda Sarwar The first time it happened I was on a bus. We had just returned to Afghanistan after the fall…
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A poem for my future daughter
Arefa Baharat Saber My daughter! My moon. My beloved: Do not come here. Except for the threads you will use…
Four obstacles to girls’ education in Afghanistan
One of the biggest accomplishments of post-Taliban Afghanistan is the opening of schools for girls and boys. According to UNICEF, today more…
To be an Afghan woman
Wadia Samadi I am born, and it is all quiet at home. To my parents I am already someone else’s…
The global street harassment myth that has to die
Noorjahan Akbar I recently realized that about ten years have passed since I took my first job in a women’s…
Too young to wed, too young to mother
Awesta Telyar Azada Neda cries every time her child cries. She was only fourteen when her family decided to marry…
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,…
Understand my humanity
Frozan Akbaryar Countrymen, do not test my patience with your power. I am strong. I am a woman. An Afghan…