Articles tagged with: Afghanistan
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Suraya Pakzad
Afghanistan
I have never experienced any day in my life that has been peaceful. I grew up during civil war in Herat, one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the west central part of the country. Then I moved to Kabul and I have lived the rest of my live there. I have never lived out of the country; even during the worst times of civil war I was in Kabul, Afghanistan. Therefore, it is very difficult for me to define peace. Peace is something I have …
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Commentary by Molly Mayfield Barbee
May has been our month of mothers, and news stories about women and peace this week are also largely tied to the experience of mothering and families. The thousands of pregnant women in internally displaced persons (IDP) camps in northwest Pakistan who are due to give birth in the next month but who lack access to medical facilities and caregivers are at the front of my mind. Women in these camps, displaced by the ongoing violent conflict between Pakistan security forces and Taliban militants in the …
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Commentary by Molly Mayfield Barbee
I’m torn. I want to spend this post just gushing about all the cool stuff going on at this year’s Nonprofit Technology Conference in San Francisco. Our fearless Membership Coordinator, Kay Robinson, is there to represent, absorb, schmooze, and connect with the thousands of good souls who are researching, testing, and using high-tech tools to make the world a better place. It is an exciting, empowering time to be in this field. . . But since other important women-led things are happening in the world this …
Voices from the Frontlines »
Alaha Ahrar
Afghanistan
A new law has been approved in Afghanistan which limits equality in the society and weakens women’s rights and their movements. I do not want to call the new law a law for Shia women. It is a new law for Afghan women. I do not want to call them the minority, because we are all Afghans and we are the members of the same society and country.
Islam is a religion based on justice and equality. It emphasizes education and the rights of men and women. It is not …
