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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An Afghan Woman in the Hallways of Family Court
Rahima Safari “How can you do this to me? After all the things I did for you and your family,…
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,…
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…
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…