Noorjahan Akbar I recently realized that about ten years have passed since I took my first job in a women’s…
Tag: gender-based violence
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…
A Year Later, Still No Justice for Farkhunda
Noorjahan Akbar On March 19, 2015, Farkhunda Malikzada was murdered by a mob of angry Afghan men because a local…
Understand my humanity
Frozan Akbaryar Countrymen, do not test my patience with your power. I am strong. I am a woman. An Afghan…
When Women Learn to Protect Patriarchy
Kamila Ataee Afghanistan is a country that has experienced more than three decades of war and its citizens have gone…
My Biggest Dream: A Day Without Harassment
Marzia International Women’s Day has come and gone, but Afghan women continue to have to fight for their most basic…
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…
10 inspirational quotes from Afghan women
We celebrate the wisdom and resilience of ten Afghan women who are using their voices to make Afghanistan and the…
Afghan women face verbal and emotional violence too
Shabana Stanekzai Violence against women is one of the most prevalent forms of human rights violation around the globe. Gender-based violence…