Why Afghan Women Risk Death To Write Poetry
In a private house in a quiet university neighborhood of Kabul, Ogai Amail waited for the phone to ring. Through a plate-glass window, she watched the...
In a private house in a quiet university neighborhood of Kabul, Ogai Amail waited for the phone to ring. Through a plate-glass window, she watched the...
Deborah Swiss | Posted 04.13.2012
I have never felt more patriotic than the day I spoke before the Massachusetts National Guard and got to meet some of the men and women who serve our country today.
Michelle Barsa | Posted 05.27.2012
As the debates unfold over whether or not an international mediator might be required to support the Afghan peace talks, many in and out of Afghanistan have considered whether the UN might serve in this capacity.
Dr. Sasha Galbraith | Posted 05.15.2012
Several thousand rural, mostly illiterate women are now income-producing entrepreneurs in Afghanistan. Once again, the power of women helping women has turned a war torn territory into a peaceful profit-maker.
Stacy Parker Le Melle | Posted 05.08.2012
On International Women's Day, please take a few moments to not just look beyond the burqa, but also to look into the hearts and minds of these special women.
Martha Burk | Posted 05.06.2012
"Protecting women's rights, and protecting women from violence is not an isolated issue from the larger violence that is happening in the country. Violence simply starts with women but never stops with them."
Kathy Kelly | Posted 04.30.2012
Fazillah, age 25, lives in Maidan Shar, the central city of Afghanistan's Wardak province. She married about six years ago, and gave birth to a son, Aymal, who just turned five. His father was killed by an American bomber plane, remote-controlled by computer.
Payvand Seyedali | Posted 04.23.2012
What did Sadat do? If suicide attempts are usually a cry for help, then these acts of self-immolation in Afghanistan should be considered roars.
Nick Mills | Posted 03.19.2012
In the ten long years of U.S. involvement in Afghanistan, during which we hoped to sow the seeds of democratic governance and equal rights for women, what have we achieved?
Dr. Peggy Drexler | Posted 03.18.2012
As the United States begins to tidy up its affairs in Afghanistan, I have a bad feeling about the women we'll leave behind.
Travis Wheeler | Posted 02.01.2012
It's time for the international community to get with the program and take concrete steps -- beginning at Bonn -- to ensure women are key players in building a peaceful, prosperous, and, most importantly, inclusive Afghanistan.
Deborah Stambler | Posted 01.07.2012
What will women's roles in the peace process be as we move forward? Have we learned from the women of Liberia, Bosnia, Colombia and Afghanistan?
Abigail E. Disney | Posted 12.25.2011
Afghanistan should give us something to crow about. It's a place where the secret to a sustainable, effective peace can be found right before our eyes. It's in half the population: Afghan women.
Wazhma Frogh | Posted 11.22.2011
If Afghan women were provided the opportunity to lead a national dialogue, they could bring people together in a way that men haven't done.
Michael Soussan | Posted 10.01.2011
On the eve of Ramadan, Kabul is a city on the edge. Following a spike in recent attacks by Taliban forces, few city-dwellers I spoke to to held out much hope for a peaceful holiday season.
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon | Posted 05.25.2011
At a time when the news cycle has nearly forgotten the war in Afghanistan, the former first lady's goal is to put the nation and its women back in the headlines.
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon | Posted 05.28.2011
While microfinance is undoubtedly part of the solution, we now risk confusing it with the entire solution when it comes to women, ignoring the contributions of those working to grow new businesses into large businesses.
Laura Cococcia | Posted 05.25.2011
Volunteer teachers staff the project and instruct Afghan women online. A few months ago, I joined as a writing tutor and had the opportunity to hear powerful stories while working with program participants on new pieces.
Ann Jones | Posted 05.25.2011
SCR 1325 calls for women to participate equally at decision-making levels in all processes of peacemaking. But in more than a decade since SCR 1325 was enacted, it has never been put to the test.
Posted 05.25.2011
A new Afghan television program is hoping to provide a forum for local women to speak out against widespread abuse, rape and other issues, CNN is repo...
Posted 05.25.2011
In the December 2010 issue of National Geographic, writer Elizabeth Rubin takes an inside look at the lives of Afghan women in "Veiled Rebellion." Bel...
Katherine Spillar | Posted 05.25.2011
The Obama administration is set to begin a status review of its operations in Afghanistan next month, and in Lisbon this weekend, NATO leaders will me...
The Huffington Post | Curtis M. Wong | Posted 05.25.2011
The mutilated Afghan girl featured on a controversial Time magazine cover unveiled a new nose at a California benefit this weekend, where she was also...
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon | Posted 05.25.2011
Today marks the graduation of 29 members of the Afghan National Army's (ANA) Officer Candidate School. What makes this class of Army officers who signed up to protect their country unique?
The Nation | Posted 05.25.2011
I know Bibi Aisha, the young Afghan woman pictured on the August 9 cover of Time, and I rejoice that her mutilated nose and ears are going to be surgi...
New York Times | Posted 04.30.2012