Women Political Participation
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Afghan journalists protest in Pakistan: The media has fallen into the trap of extremism
A number of Afghan journalists in Pakistan on Monday (June 27th) at a protest rally in Islamabad, Pakistan, strongly criticized…
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Afghan woman winner of the 2022 Asian Woman of the Year award
Dr. Homaira Rezaei, a human rights activist, was named the 2022 Asian Woman of the Year by Britain. This award…
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From trade red carpets to immigration paving stones
The story of a decade of thriving trade in Afghanistan to street protests and immigration Siddiqa Mushtaq, co-founder of the…
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Forced confessions of women
by: Tabasum Mehri The Taliban’s interior affairs ministry is said to have released a video of prisoner women confessing to…
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The whirling dancer fled from Taliban Group regime
The only female whirling dancer in Afghanistan was to kick off her biggest tour around the country. Then the Taliban…
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Girls excluded as Afghan secondary schools reopen
The Taliban have excluded girls from Afghan secondary schools after they ordered only boys and male teachers to return to…
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EU’s queen with a tarnished crown
Queen of Europe was once one of Angela Merkel’s many nicknames. But now Germany’s powerful chancellor is poised to turn…
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Women Should Lead Afghanistan
For hundreds of years men have failed the nation of Afghanistan. With that fact in place, it is any wonder…
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Women beaten for demanding their rights
“We want equal rights, we want women in government,” dozens of female protesters chanted as they marched down a street…
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Afghanistan: Shukria Barakzai’s whispered voice notes and dramatic escape
For Shukria Barakzai, 15 August seemed, at first, an unremarkable Sunday morning. A prominent journalist and politician, a former member…
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