Sitting by the window, I think about the past. I reflect on my grandmother my mother’s youth. My grandmother was…
Tag: Gender Equality
Sara Bahai: My Fight Made Me a Winner
Rawina Saberzada Her name is Sara Bahai and she is known as the first woman taxi driver in Afghanistan. I…
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,…
What I Learned from Women in Sar-e-Pul’s Villages
Massouda Kohistani Recently, I had a trip to investigate the security situation and its impact on the residents of Sar-e-Pul…
What Makes You a Man?
Zahra W. You tell me that you are superior Why? Because you were born a man? I loved you, Not…
A poem for my future daughter
Arefa Baharat Saber My daughter! My moon. My beloved: Do not come here. Except for the threads you will use…
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…
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…