Like many prospective graduates, Narges Hussain Zada is spending her summer frantically filling in application forms as she looks for her next opportunity. She’s proud of all that she’s achieved in the last four years and eager to continue her studies.
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Like many prospective graduates, Narges Hussain Zada is spending her summer frantically filling in application forms as she looks for her next opportunity. She’s proud of all that she’s achieved in the last four years and eager to continue her studies.
Read moreDetailsAs the world marked International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women this week, I spoke with the UN special rapporteur for human rights in Afghanistan Richard Bennett about the dire situation facing women and girls.
This week, an Afghan teacher got in touch with a message. She had written a short essay about the suppression of girls’ education in Afghanistan and the hypocrisy of those behind it. She wanted us to share it with you, our readers, “not for pity, but for awareness, outrage, and change”. It is a powerful piece of writing that, as...
When Afghanistan lost all internet access last Monday, Rukhshana Media reporter Hania Forootan* ventured out to check on friends and see how people were being affected. What she saw in the streets of Kabul filled her with anxiety.
Like many prospective graduates, Narges Hussain Zada is spending her summer frantically filling in application forms as she looks for her next opportunity. She’s proud of all that she’s achieved in the last four years and eager to continue her studies.
Every morning at first light, Manizha* picks up her medicine bag and heads out to villages in rural Afghanistan where, if it weren’t for her and her team, most women would not see a doctor from one year to the next.
One spring day Mah Bibi’s three youngest sons were playing with an unusual object they had found in the ground when it exploded, killing them outright along with three friends.
