Noorjahan Akbar

The News Hub: A few months ago, I decided to start interviewing young people who were fighting for freedom in their native countries. My first subject was Noorjahan Akbar: a 24-year-old Afghan writer who battles for gender equality day in, day out. She helped open Afghanistan’s first women’s Internet café and has been one of the leading forces against her country’s street harassment; all while writing for Free Women Writers, a site she set up to shed light on Afghanistan’s continuing social injustice. Click here to read more (external link).