We wanted to find an Afghan filmmaker, and Sahra's documentary A Thousand Girls Like Me led us to her. My producing partner [Justine Ciarrocchi] reached out to Sahra, who deleted her email a ...
Like if I do want it, if I do think this is the way I want to live, I can speak up and that can be accepted,” Nila said, as reported by CNN. Nila fled Afghanistan with the help of 30 Birds Foundation ...
I also acknowledge the Ngunnawal and Ngambri people as traditional custodians of the Canberra region. Today we are here to recognise CARE's 13-year partnership with the people of Afghanistan, ...
Nila Ebrahimi, a 17-year-old Afghan girl, has won the 20th International Children’s Peace Prize for her advocacy of women’s and girls’ rights. The KidsRights Foundation announced in a statement that ...
How can you stop a girl from her school? They come up with these excuses that it's culture, it's religion. There is no culture, excuse. The true representatives of that culture are the Afghan ...
A 17-year-old who is not allowed to speak in public in her own country has won a prestigious international award for advocating for the rights of Afghan girls. Nila Ibrahimi won the International ...