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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

They will judge you

Posted on October 1, 2015 by Free Women Writers

Roya Habibi If you are a woman, they judge you. They scrutinize your every smile, Your face, which you didn’t…

Posted in BlogTagged Afghan Women, Afghanistan, empowerment, equality, freedom, gender, Gender Equality, gender-based violence, global south, inspirational, Kabul, misogyny, Poetry, second sex, speak up, women, women's rights

After Taliban, my hometown has become unrecognizable

Posted on August 6, 2015 by Hadisa Osmani

Despite being far from the capital city and not having enough resources and facilities, Sare Pul was secure. One of…

Posted in BlogTagged Afghan Women, Afghanistan, Education, empowerment, equality, freedom, gender, Gender Equality, gender-based violence, girls, Kabul, misogyny, Radicalism, schools, second sex, Taliban, women, women's rights

Forgotten whips

Posted on August 5, 2015 by Shabana Stanekzai

Shabana Stanekzai It was nearly the time for mid-afternoon prayer. I left home nervously. Kabul streets were desolate. People were…

Posted in BlogTagged Afghan Women, Afghanistan, discrimination, equality, freedom, Gender Equality, gender-based violence, ISIS, misogyny, Taliban, trauma, women, women's rights

Afghanistan’s Custody Laws Are Legal Injustice

Posted on August 2, 2015 by Free Women Writers

By Munera Yosufzada My neighbor, Parasto, visited us yesterday. She told me about how after her husband’s death, her father-in-law…

Posted in BlogTagged Afghan Women, Afghanistan, custody, discrimination, equality, freedom, Gender Equality, legal, women, women's rights

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