Excluding women and girls from education and from the workplace is madness
Dear Afghan sisters history has not been kind to you. You have had a few heroines in the past, and...
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Analysis
The Taliban cannot kill the spirit of Afghan girls and women
I pay taxes and vote in the US and feel complicit in the tragedy that has unfolded over the last...
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Special report by Rukhshana Media and Time Magazine to mark the one year anniversary of the fall of Afghanistan
When the Taliban walked into the capital of Afghanistan on Aug. 15, 2021, America’s longest war came to an end. The vacuum...
August is another name for hell
Afghanistan fell to the Taliban in August 2021. That is why August is a month full of bitter memories for...
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Future of millions of Afghan girls are at stake; the world leaders must press Taliban for immediate re-opening of girls’ secondary schools
The Taliban banned over a million Afghan high school aged girls from getting education when they overthrew the internationally supported...
I wanted to become a doctor, but the Taliban stole my dream
I was just seven when I lost my father. He was a member of former government’s forces in Wardak where...
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Taliban ideology and the question of women
By A. Froogh Since August 15, with the Taliban's return to power, women’s social and political rights have been under...
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Why the name, Rukhshana?
In Afghanistan, when we think of the word “stoning”, we remember the names of women who have lost their lives...
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Whips and Silent Gazes
Note: Dari version of this article was published on 15 April 2021 By Fariba Hasani After four days of hesitation,...
Fear and concern; women’s achievements under threat
Note: Dari version of this article was published on 17 July 2021 By Elaha Mohammadi From the difficulties of getting...
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