Yalda Sarwar The first time it happened I was on a bus. We had just returned to Afghanistan after the fall…
Tag: empowerment
Afghan women are more than victims
Marzia Nawrozi At home and abroad, Afghan women have been portrayed as weak voiceless victims of violence. Throughout the history,…
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…
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…
Understand my humanity
Frozan Akbaryar Countrymen, do not test my patience with your power. I am strong. I am a woman. An Afghan…
Let us break this silence
Laili Ghazal For too long, the night has taken us hostage And our voices haven’t escaped our throats. We have…
They will judge you
Roya Habibi If you are a woman, they judge you. They scrutinize your every smile, Your face, which you didn’t…