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Tag: Gender Equality

Pursuing my dreams as an Afghan woman

Posted on March 14, 2018 by Hadisa Osmani

Sitting by the window, I think about the past. I reflect on my grandmother my mother’s youth. My grandmother was…

Posted in Blog, PoetryTagged Afghan Women, afghan women's literature, Afghanistan, Gender Equality

Sara Bahai: My Fight Made Me a Winner

Posted on May 23, 2017 by Rawina Saberzada

Rawina Saberzada Her name is Sara Bahai and she is known as the first woman taxi driver in Afghanistan. I…

Posted in Blog, Champions for EqualityTagged Afghan Women, Afghanistan, Gender Equality, sara bahai

An Afghan Woman in the Hallways of Family Court

Posted on November 7, 2016 by Free Women Writers

Rahima Safari “How can you do this to me? After all the things I did for you and your family,…

Posted in BlogTagged Afghan Women, Afghanistan, equality, Gender Equality, gender-based violence

What I Learned from Women in Sar-e-Pul’s Villages

Posted on October 31, 2016 by Free Women Writers

Massouda Kohistani Recently, I had a trip to investigate the security situation and its impact on the residents of Sar-e-Pul…

Posted in BlogTagged Afghan Women, Afghanistan, Forced Marriage, Gender Equality, gender-based violence

What Makes You a Man?

Posted on September 27, 2016 by Zahra Wakilzada

Zahra W. You tell me that you are superior Why? Because you were born a man? I loved you, Not…

Posted in BlogTagged Afghan Women, Afghan women poems, Afghanistan, Gender Equality, gender in Afghanistan

A poem for my future daughter

Posted on July 19, 2016 by Free Women Writers

Arefa Baharat Saber My daughter! My moon. My beloved: Do not come here. Except for the threads you will use…

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

Four obstacles to girls’ education in Afghanistan

Posted on July 12, 2016 by Hadisa Osmani

One of the biggest accomplishments of post-Taliban Afghanistan is the opening of schools for girls and boys. According to UNICEF, today more…

Posted in BlogTagged Afghan Women, Afghanistan, discrimination, Education, equality, Gender Equality, international anti-street harassment week, Kabul

To be an Afghan woman

Posted on June 17, 2016 by Wadia Samadi

Wadia Samadi I am born, and it is all quiet at home. To my parents I am already someone else’s…

Posted in BlogTagged Afghan Women, Afghanistan, discrimination, empowerment, equality, Forced Marriage, freedom, Gender Equality, gender-based violence, girls, women, women's rights

The global street harassment myth that has to die

Posted on June 11, 2016 by Noorjahan Akbar

Noorjahan Akbar I recently realized that about ten years have passed since I took my first job in a women’s…

Posted in BlogTagged Afghan Women, Afghanistan, discrimination, empowerment, equality, freedom, Gender Equality, gender-based violence, Street Harassment, women's rights

Shafiq Mureed Calls on Fellow Men to Do Their Part

Posted on April 7, 2016 by Noorjahan Akbar

Noorjahan Akbar Today I woke up to a wonderful ray of sunshine otherwise known as Shafiq Mureed, a famous Afghan…

Posted in BlogTagged Afghan Music, Afghanistan, equality, Gender Equality, HeforShe, Shafiq Mureed

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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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