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Afghanistan Women

Report : How social media is changing Afghan society

Heinrich Boll Stiftung, The Green Political Foundation, originally published on 14 February 2018. by Sayed Asef Hossaini . Social media has played a critical role in influencing change in Afghanistan. The potential anonymity of the internet […]

Wednesday، 3 March، 2021

Girls’ School Enrolment Rises in Afghan Province Despite Challenges

Afghan provincial officials reported a rise in girls’ enrolment rates across eastern Nangarhar Province, despite constant attacks and threats by Islamic State and other militant groups in the area.

Wednesday، 25 October، 2017

WOMEN PARTICIPATION IN PEACE PROCESSES IN AFGHANISTAN

HRRAC is an Afghan-led human rights membership organization established in the year 2003 as an independent research organization mainly focusing on research and advocacy towards women and children’s rights, economic, social rights, security and as well as public participation.

Friday، 16 June، 2017

Herat has no cinema but an International Women’s Film Festival- 2015 Report

Herat has no cinema but an International Women’s Film Festival. A report on the Third edition of the succesfull Afghanistan Women’s Film Festival held by Armanshahr/OPEN ASIA and Roya Film House in October 2015.

Friday، 16 October، 2015

Ensuring Women’s Place In The Work Force

For Habiba and the approximately 600 local women vying for public sector jobs, the route to employment has been fraught with disappointment: Officials have been known to demand bribes of 50,000 Afghani ($850), for hiring female teachers.

Tuesday، 28 July، 2015

The Afghan Women’s Writing Project Anthology

We all know that being a writer is hard. Being a woman writer, with all that industry bias and those glass ceilings out there, is even harder. But nothing can quite describe the daring, sometimes terrifying, experience of being a woman writer in Afghanistan

Saturday، 11 July، 2015

Afghanistan appoints first female Supreme Court judge

The President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani has made good on his election promise and appointed Anisa Rassouli to be his country’s first female Supreme Court judge. She is the first Afghan woman to be given such an important legal job.

Tuesday، 23 June، 2015

Afghanistan, domestic violence and divorce: one woman’s harrowing story

Seventeen months after Setara’s husband cut her face and chest with a knife, disfiguring her for life and only narrowly failing to kill her, the laws of her native Afghanistan have still not allowed her to divorce him.

Monday، 25 May، 2015

“I will continue my fight patiently and confidently.”

Farangis Sogand studied political science and has occupied herself with civil and cultural activities for the past six years. She is a member of organizations such as the Afghanistan Pen Association and the Writers of the Balkh. She is the founder of two literary associations

Monday، 20 April، 2015

True Democracies Protect Everyone’s Freedom of Expression

On Thursday evening a horrifying event took place in the heart of Afghanistan’s capital. Alongside the Kabul River that winds through the city centre, a mob of men viciously attacked a woman named Farkhunda.

Wednesday، 25 March، 2015