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، 2021Girls’ 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، 2017WOMEN 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، 2017Herat 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، 2015Ensuring 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، 2015The 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، 2015Afghanistan 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، 2015Afghanistan, 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، 2015True 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