This week, the Taliban imposed yet more draconian measures with a ban on training female midwives. So why is no one talking about it? asks Emma Haslett ...
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 ...
At Kabul airport’s infamous Abbey Gate, Canadian Dave was personally responsible for getting more than 100 Afghans over the wall and onto flights to freedom in Canada. Now, it seems the fixer ...
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 ...
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 ...