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When Women Learn to Protect Patriarchy

Posted on March 25, 2016 by Free Women Writers

Kamila Ataee  Afghanistan is a country that has experienced more than three decades of war and its citizens have gone…

Posted in BlogTagged Afghan Women, Afghanistan, equality, freedom, GBV, Gender Equality, gender-based violence, women, women's rights1 Comment on When Women Learn to Protect Patriarchy

Everyday Sexism in Afghanistan

Posted on March 18, 2016 by Free Women Writers

Farima Nawabi Here in Afghanistan, if you are a man, you are superior to all others. But if you’re a…

Posted in BlogTagged Afghan Women, Afghanistan, discrimination, equality, misogyny, second sex, sexism, women, women's rights

Let us break this silence

Posted on March 16, 2016 by Free Women Writers

Laili Ghazal For too long, the night has taken us hostage And our voices haven’t escaped our throats. We have…

Posted in BlogTagged Afghan poetry, Afghan Women, Afghanistan, discrimination, empowerment, equality, GBV, Gender Equality, gender-based violence, misogyny, trauma, women, women's rights

Silent Miracle

Posted on January 8, 2016 by Free Women Writers

I write for you, Oh forgotten gender, Silent miracle, One who travels with dust and fog. I write for you,…

Posted in BlogTagged Afghan poetry, Afghan Women, Afghanistan, equality, Solidarity1 Comment on Silent Miracle

They will judge you

Posted on October 1, 2015 by Free Women Writers

Roya Habibi If you are a woman, they judge you. They scrutinize your every smile, Your face, which you didn’t…

Posted in BlogTagged Afghan Women, Afghanistan, empowerment, equality, freedom, gender, Gender Equality, gender-based violence, global south, inspirational, Kabul, misogyny, Poetry, second sex, speak up, women, women's rights

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

Forgotten whips

Posted on August 5, 2015 by Shabana Stanekzai

Shabana Stanekzai It was nearly the time for mid-afternoon prayer. I left home nervously. Kabul streets were desolate. People were…

Posted in BlogTagged Afghan Women, Afghanistan, discrimination, equality, freedom, Gender Equality, gender-based violence, ISIS, misogyny, Taliban, trauma, women, women's rights

Afghanistan’s Custody Laws Are Legal Injustice

Posted on August 2, 2015 by Free Women Writers

By Munera Yosufzada My neighbor, Parasto, visited us yesterday. She told me about how after her husband’s death, her father-in-law…

Posted in BlogTagged Afghan Women, Afghanistan, custody, discrimination, equality, freedom, Gender Equality, legal, women, women's rights

Equal

Posted on June 24, 2015 by Free Women Writers

Zahra A. You and I, we are equal. Men of my society, The mullah who gives fatwas at the mosque,…

Posted in BlogTagged Afghan poetry, Afghan Women, Afghanistan, equality, freedom, Gender Equality, Poetry, Radicalism, women

Your Willpower

Posted on June 24, 2015 by Free Women Writers

Sitara Hamidi Life starts at this moment:The moment you chooseTo live on your own terms,The moment you chooseTo step forward,The…

Posted in BlogTagged Afghan Women, Afghanistan, believe in yourself, empowerment, equality, inspirational, Poetry, quotes, women

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