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Tag: Education

Poisoned Afghan School Girls’ Questions Remain Unanswered

Posted on September 26, 2016 by Hadisa Osmani

Hadisa Osmani When I arrived at school that day I noticed all the students standing around the yard. They seemed…

Posted in BlogTagged Afghan girls, Afghan school girls poisoned, Afghan Women, Afghan women's education, Afghanistan, Education, Girl's Education1 Comment on Poisoned Afghan School Girls’ Questions Remain Unanswered

Four obstacles to girls’ education in Afghanistan

Posted on July 12, 2016 by Hadisa Osmani

One of the biggest accomplishments of post-Taliban Afghanistan is the opening of schools for girls and boys. According to UNICEF, today more…

Posted in BlogTagged Afghan Women, Afghanistan, discrimination, Education, equality, Gender Equality, international anti-street harassment week, Kabul

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

Understand my humanity

Posted on March 31, 2016 by Free Women Writers

Frozan Akbaryar Countrymen, do not test my patience with your power. I am strong. I am a woman. An Afghan…

Posted in BlogTagged Afghan Women, Afghanistan, believe in yourself, discrimination, Education, empowerment, Gender Equality, gender-based violence

Significant Moments

Posted on October 8, 2015 by Shabana Stanekzai

Shabana Stanekzai Girl, You only have today. Maybe when you wake up tomorrow Your school will be burned And your…

Posted in BlogTagged Afghan Women, Afghanistan, Education, women

After Taliban, my hometown has become unrecognizable

Posted on August 6, 2015 by Hadisa Osmani

Despite being far from the capital city and not having enough resources and facilities, Sare Pul was secure. One of…

Posted in BlogTagged Afghan Women, Afghanistan, Education, empowerment, equality, freedom, gender, Gender Equality, gender-based violence, girls, Kabul, misogyny, Radicalism, schools, second sex, Taliban, women, women's rights

Five ways for men to fight street harassment

Posted on June 14, 2015 by Free Women Writers

Mustafa Raheal Poster text: The cause of street harassment is not in the way women dress, but in the way…

Posted in BlogTagged Afghan Women, bystander intervention, Education, Gender Equality, HeforShe, Street Harassment

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Free Women Writers (also known as دختران رابعه) is an all-volunteer collective of writers, students, and activists based in Afghanistan and the diaspora and working for a more equal and just Afghanistan

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A collection of Afghan women’s writings in defense of our human rights, our first book was published in 2013. Read Daughters of Rabia here. Our second book is a short guide for women facing gender-based violence. You Are not Alone derives from years of research, speaking with survivors of violence and our experiences as women and survivors. Access this book in Persian, Pashtu, and English for free. 

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