Yalda Sarwar The first time it happened I was on a bus. We had just returned to Afghanistan after the fall…
Tag: women’s rights
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…
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…
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…
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…
Everyday Sexism in Afghanistan
Farima Nawabi Here in Afghanistan, if you are a man, you are superior to all others. But if you’re a…
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…