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A Talented Young Woman, Arezo Qanih
By Zuhra Abhar Ms. Arezo Qanih, Program Manager of the Educational Training Centre for Poor Women and Girls of Afghanistan (www.ecw-af.org) has been engaged in the protection of women’s rights since...
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Afghan Institute of Learning (AIL)
By Zuhra Abhar Ms. Sakena Yacoobi, Founder & Executive Director Afghan Institute of Learning (www.afghaninstituteoflearning.org) Established in Peshawar, Pakistan in 1995 AIL’s top priorities are...
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GoodWeave: Weaving Opportunities for Women in Afghanistan
“It is audacious to aspire to end human rights abuses in an unsettled nation, but GoodWeave’s progress in just one year proves to me that where there is a willingness to try, much can be accomplished.”...
View ArticleAnita Haidary, A role model, a change-maker and a leader
By Zuhra Abhar Anita, a young Afghan college student, is the co-founder and the Executive Director of Young Women for Change www.youngwomenforchange.org Anita says: “I am proud of being an active voice...
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Presence and Persuasion: Women’s Communication for Political, Economic and...
By Marissa Moran, Albany Associates I recently attended a conference where the word “empowerment” was thrashed about in search of a definition. Western aid agencies like to think they can “empower”...
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Malala Yousafzai addresses United Nations Youth Assembly on her 16th...
Here is a video link to an address of astounding power, maturity, dignity and pure inspiration, from Malala Yousafzai, the courageous Pakistani teenager who was shot point blank in the head by the...
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Educating the next generation of Afghans: The story of an ambitious Andeisha
By Mariam Jalalzada Andeisha, like many, is concerned about the faith of the country in the years to come, especially, the year 2014 when the international troops will withdraw from the country....
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Young Women for Change (YWC)
Young Women for Change (YWC) www.youngwomenforchange.org is the first young women’s movement NGO, established in 2011 by two young college students, Noorjahan Akbar and Anita Haidary. YWC is an...
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Jamila Akbarzai, a leader and a changer maker:
Jamila Akbarzai was encouraged by her father to obtain a good education, like a number of other Afghan women leaders in civil society. Jamila remarks: “My father was a successful businessman. He...
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The country’s first Afghan woman-led organization focused on women, peace &...
The country’s first Afghan woman-led organization focused on women, peace & security. Research Institute for Women Peace & Security (RIWPS) , established in 2012 by Wazhma Frogh & Sabrina...
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By Marnie Gustavson Executive Director PARSA www.afghanistan-parsa.org marnie@afghanistan-parsa.org November 2015, I sit with my psychosocial trainer Fatema and eight Afghan women leaders from Zardozi...
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