Khaama Press December 6, 2015 The American actress, filmmaker, and humanitarian, Angelina will donate all the proceeds from her work on the film ‘The Breadwinner’ to the education of Afghan girls. Angelina has visited Afghanistan twice during the recent years and funds a girls school in north of Kabul through profits from her jewellery collection.
Ariana News: The very first female photography exhibition has been held in Kabul. Four female photographers have visited various central provinces of Afghanistan and have taken photographs of women in remote areas. Click here to read more (external link).
Khaama Press December 3, 2015 Afghan women rights activist Shukria Barakzai has been emerged among global affairs magazine Foreign Policy’s ‘100 Leading Global Thinkers’ for 2015. Barakzai, who is referred as a parliamentarian by Foreign Policy but now appointed as Afghan ambassador to Norway, has been listed under the column of challengers on the magazine’s website
Newsweek: Roghul Khairzad is a senator from Afghanistan who continues to defend the rights of women in her country despite devastating attacks on her and her family. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: The Ghor parents of a 25-year-old woman voiced their distress on Tuesday over the recent conviction of their daughter by a Taliban court which has allegedly sentenced her to death by stoning. The woman was accused of having run away with a security force member, before being captured by Taliban insurgents. Their kangaroo
PBS: Free to Run, established in 2014, partners with grassroots organizations in Afghanistan to provide safe sports opportunities for women and girls. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: A group of men from western Herat province on Sunday launched Afghanistan’s first ever movement in support of women in a bid to stop violence against the female population. The movement known as Men Supporting Women was founded by eighteen male activists to curtail violence against women and promote awareness around the problem.
Khaama Press November 25, 2015 United Nations (UN) says the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan continues to severely restrict access to education for women and girls Overall, for the first nine months (1 January to 30 September) of 2015, approximately 210 schools closed due to conflict, affecting access to education to more than 20,500 girls. Direct threats
Al Jazeera video – The determined group of young women are going against convention as they have formed a cycling team to compete.
The National Post: When Sakena Yacoobi ran 80 underground schools for 3,000 girls in Afghanistan under the Taliban, some teachers hid books in sacks of wheat and rice to avoid detection. “It is very hard to operate a school where the students cannot be seen,” says Yacoobi, who is known as Afghanistan’s “mother of education.”