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Tag: GBV

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

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

22 Years of Being a Woman

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Free Women Writers

Tamana Azaad The first time I experienced harassment was when I was eight. I was standing by the bakery with…

Posted in BlogTagged Afghan Women, Afghanistan, GBV, Gender Equality, gender-based violence, international anti-street harassment week, Kabul, Street Harassment, trauma, women

ABOUT US

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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