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Exclusive interview with the Founder of the Afghan LGBT Organization (ALO)
The UNAMA has been one of those organizations. It has been present in Afghanistan for two decades, yet it has shown reluctance to address the plight of the LGBT community. It has not published any reports or expressed sympathy for their situation. This lack of...
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Women in Afghanistan More Defenseless Than Ever; Homes More Unsafe Than the Streets
UN Women and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) jointly announced today (Tuesday, November 25), on the occasion...
Mina Sharif’s Story of Belonging and Meaning
Mina Sharif is an Afghan Canadian writer and cultural advocate whose work explores identity, exile, and belonging through the lens...
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A Four-Year Choke
We, the women of Afghanistan, from the day the Taliban entered Kabul, experienced one by one things that we could not even imagine. In the early days, I thought...
The Power of Self-Confidence: The Story of Fatima Rezaei
An Afghan student, Fatima Rezaei, has been accepted by five prestigious universities worldwide to pursue her master's degree. Rezaei is currently a student at the American University of Beirut and her...
Afghan Women Journalists Under Taliban Rule: Freshta Hemmati on Censorship, Threats, and Press Freedom
Freshta Hemmati is a leading Afghan journalist and human-rights advocate who directs the Advocacy for Afghan Women project. Now in its second year, the initiative builds the capacity of women journalists...