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Tourialay Ghiassi: “In Afghanistan, the fear that transitional democracy might fall to dictatorship prevails”

Tourialay Ghiassi has been a civil society activist, writer, and a political analyst for many years. He studied engineering in the Polytechnic of Kabul. He is the founder and licence holder of Mihan [Homeland] magazine and Eslahat [Reforms].

Tuesday 8 April 2014

Kazemiya Mohaqeq: “We cannot even begin to list our demands if we do not shake off the straitjacket of illiteracy”

Kazemiya Mohaqeq is a Professor at Kateb University. She holds an MA degree in international relations and is studying for her PhD in the same field. She has written textbooks on women’s issues, political science, and international relations for the Ministry of Education.

Monday 7 April 2014

Nader Nadery: “These freedoms are the most precious gifts to the people of Afghanistan”

Nader Nadery is the Chair of the Free and Fair Election Forum of Afghanistan and the Director of the AREU. He was studying law and political science at Kabul University during the civil wars and the subsequent seizure of power by the Taliban.

Saturday 5 April 2014

Somaya Ramesh: “Things will get worse if the government sacrifices human rights for political interests”

Somaya Ramesh is the director of the Nawandishan Social and Cultural Foundation and an independent candidate in the provincial council’s elections in Herat.

Friday 4 April 2014

Daoud Naji: “Afghanistan is plagued with repeated cultural rupture”

Daoud Naji, a graduate of Persian language and literature from Balkh University, previously taught as an Assistant Professor at his alma mater. With the arrival of the Taliban, he migrated to Pakistan. He is now living and working as a journalist in London.

Thursday 3 April 2014

Sediqa Balkhi: “He said I would die if I went to school again”

Sediqa Balkhi has served two-terms as a Senator on the Meshrano Jirga [Senate]. She was elected Chair of the Women’s Affairs Committee in the last Senate and is currently Chair of the Civil Society and Human Rights Committee.

Wednesday 2 April 2014

Hussain Fakhri: “The acts we see as ‘violations’, they see as exercising their rights”

Lieutenant General Sayed Ghulam Hussain Fakhri is the Director-General of the High Office of Anti-Corruption. He joined the Police Academy immediately after graduating from high school and later became a Professor of the Academy.

Tuesday 1 April 2014

Fawzia Koofi: “I am afraid to see the world and its progress from behind a chador again”

Fawzia Koofi grew up in a traditional polygamist family with seven wives. Her mother tried to abandon her for being born a girl. Her father was a Member of Parliament for 25 years and was assassinated by the Mujahideen when she was just 4 years old.

Tuesday 1 April 2014

Malek Setiz: “We must move with the times”

Mr Malek Setiz is an international relations adviser to the Foreign Ministry of Afghanistan. He sought refuge in Denmark after the civil wars and has been living there for the past 20 years and working for the Danish Institute for Human Rights.

Monday 31 March 2014

Afghanistan Women Vision 2024

On March 8th, 2014 the Afghan Women’s Network (AWN) in Kabul and in all 34 provinces has launched the “Women Vision 2024” paper. The paper has been developed through consultation meetings of leading women rights activists and has been consulted with women in all 34 provinces of the country.

Sunday 30 March 2014