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After Sexual Harassment, Finding Healing in Sisterhood

Posted on December 20, 2016 by Free Women Writers

Yalda Sarwar The first time it happened I was on a bus. We had just returned to Afghanistan after the fall…

Posted in BlogTagged Afghan Women, Afghan women writing, Afghanistan, discrimination, empowerment, equality, gender-based violence, international anti-street harassment week, Street Harassment, Women in Afghanistan, 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

International Anti-Street Harassment Week in Afghanistan

Posted on April 6, 2016 by Free Women Writers

What are people around the world doing during International Anti-Street Harassment Week? Learn all about events happening in Afghanistan, Cameroon,…

Posted in BlogTagged Afghan Women, Afghanistan, discrimination, international anti-street harassment week, Street Harassment

My Biggest Dream: A Day Without Harassment

Posted on March 17, 2016 by Free Women Writers

Marzia International Women’s Day has come and gone, but Afghan women continue to have to fight for their most basic…

Posted in BlogTagged Afghan Women, Afghanistan, discrimination, Gender Equality, gender-based violence, international anti-street harassment week, speak up, Street Harassment, women, women's rights

Afghan women face verbal and emotional violence too

Posted on March 3, 2016 by Shabana Stanekzai

Shabana Stanekzai Violence against women is one of the most prevalent forms of human rights violation around the globe. Gender-based violence…

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

Harassment on-the-go: a real problem for Afghan women

Posted on February 16, 2016 by Free Women Writers

Hajar Amini   I have heard this argument many times that if women didn’t go out “without reason” they wouldn’t be…

Posted in BlogTagged Afghan Women, Afghanistan, Gender Equality, gender-based violence, international anti-street harassment week, Street Harassment, women's rights

Join International Anti-Street Harassment Week Campaign in Afghanistan

Posted on February 15, 2016 by Free Women Writers

Dear Friends, We are inviting you to use your voices and stories and join Daughters of Rabia/Free Women Writers this year…

Posted in BlogTagged Afghan Women, Afghanistan, international anti-street harassment week, speak up, Street Harassment, women's rights

Being a woman is a constant battle

Posted on February 5, 2016 by Free Women Writers

Maryam Rejayi I learned at a very young age that I would be treated differently from a boy and my…

Posted in BlogTagged Afghan Women, Afghanistan, Gender Equality, gender-based violence, international anti-street harassment week, Street Harassment, women's rights

We must all fight street harassment

Posted on January 27, 2016 by Free Women Writers

Ahmad Zaki Wasiq The harassment of women in public spaces has always bothered me. Several times I have placed myself…

Posted in BlogTagged Gender Equality, gender-based violence, international anti-street harassment week, Kabul, Street Harassment, 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

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