by Aditi Bhaduri –India– April 2014! It hangs like a Damocles’ sword over the Indian sub-continent. While Afghans may be the immediate beneficiaries, the ramifications of what April 2014 denotes will be felt far and wide – in Pakistan, India,…
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Afghan, Pakistani and Indian Women Pressure Afghan Government in Advance of Election
Tagged with: Afghanistan, Elections, gender equality, human rights, India, Pakistan, Peace, Peace & Security, Politics, Women
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics, The World
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics, The World
Green Scarves for Solidarity with Afghan Women
by Kate Hughes –UK– Ten years ago, Afghan women were promised a bright future. After decades of civil war, and repressive Taliban rule, they entered a new era in which they were once again able to work, send their daughters…
Tagged with: activism, Afghanistan, Education, NGO's, Violence Against Women, Women's Rights
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics, The World
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics, The World
Young Women Launch Afghanistan’s First Anti-Street Harassment Campaign
by Holly Kearl –USA– Carrying banners and signs with messages like, “We will not tolerate harassment,” “Islam forbids men from insulting women,” and “I have the right to walk freely in my city,” on July 14, 50 brave women and…
Tagged with: Afghanistan, Street Harrassment, Women in Leadership
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
Another 5 years of Karzai: An Afghan-American Perspective from Kabul
by Wazhmah Osman – Afghanistan/USA – I was born in Kabul, Afghanistan during the good years, in the early seventies. Among my fondest memories is walking to and from school holding the hand of my stylish mother who was then…
Tagged with: Afghanistan, Economic Inequality, Economy, Karzai, Middle East, Politics, Taliban
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
India Braces for US Pressure on Afghanistan and Kashmir
by Aditi Bhaduri – India – As US President Barack Obama commits a troops increase in Afghanistan and a recognition of the “good Taliban,” and as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton paves the way for India’s nuclear energy program, many…
Tagged with: Afghanistan, Development, Foreign Policy, India, Infrastructure, Kashmir, Middle East, Pakistan, Politics, Taliban
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
The Beauty Academy of Kabul
by Jessica Mosby – USA – When thinking of Afghanistan, it is difficult not to be overwhelmed by despair. Violence claimed over 6,000 lives in 2007 alone. The quality of life for women continues to decline as a result of…
Tagged with: Afghanistan, Arts & Culture, Education, Film & Documentaries, human rights, Middle East, Taliban, Women's Rights
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Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES
Postcards From Tora Bora: Looking for the Afghanistan of Yesterday in the Ruins of Today
by Jessica Mosby – USA – When you think of Afghanistan, smiling women in shift dresses attending college is not the first image that comes to mind. Decades of violence has devastated the country, leaving little more than bomb craters,…
Tagged with: Afghanistan, Arts & Culture, documentary, Education, humanitarianism, Middle East, Tora Bora
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