July 29, 2022
On early Monday morning, just before the break of dawn, a 23-year-old Afghan journalist packed her bags, said […]
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December 29, 2021
Rabia was just 15-years-old when she became engaged to a Taliban officer against her will in a small […]
November 25, 2021
Ayaan speaks with William McGurn about President Biden’s disastrous policy in Afghanistan. They discuss Biden’s speech declaring the […]
November 25, 2021
Jobless and engulfed in debt, Afghan brick kiln worker Fazal said the country’s imploding economy had left him […]
August 20, 2021
Megyn Kelly is joined by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, human rights activist, author, and host of The Ayaan Hirsi Ali […]
August 20, 2021
Early on Sunday morning, I was heading to university for a class when a group of women came […]
January 4, 2018
Sahar was only 10 years old when she was forced to marry an older man. Her father agreed […]
April 8, 2016
Sesame Street has introduced a new character, Zari, an Afghan girl who advocates for women’s rights. Sesame Street worked with […]
April 7, 2016
The Afghan First Lady Rula Ghani spoke with Thomas L. Friedman at the Women in the World Summit in […]
March 8, 2016
An Afghani court has reduced the sentences for the men involved in the mob killing of Farkhunda. Farkhunda […]
January 28, 2016
Sundance Film Festival is screening the film “Sonita,” a documentary by Iranian filmmaker Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami. The film […]
January 25, 2016
The Diane Rehm show featured a story of honor violence: a Afghan woman decided she wanted to choose […]
October 14, 2015
The Shafia family, who was sentenced four years ago in a case of honor killing is now asking […]
May 19, 2015
Funding from Western donors has led to the creation of women’s shelters throughout Afghanistan. The shelters, and the […]
March 10, 2014
More than a decade after the removal of Afghanistan’s Taliban regime from power, basic women’s rights in the […]
February 11, 2014
A new draft law in Afghanistan that would limit testimony in domestic violence cases is drawing international outcry, […]
October 3, 2013
In Afghanistan, one education advocate is doing her utmost to help children–particularly girls–receive an education. Read more about […]
October 3, 2013
In Afghanistan, women continue to face abuse and forced marriages. Read more here.
September 25, 2013
In a new book, An American Bride in Kabul, Phyllis Chesler writes about five months she spent in […]
September 25, 2013
Afghan President Hamid Karzai should take urgent action to fight child marriage and domestic violence or risk further […]