Florence Pouya, an advocate for education and gender equality, is a member of the Afghan Dreamers who fled Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover in August 2021. At just 15, she relocated to Qatar and ...
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 ...