The most severe problem Afghan women face is domestic violence, not terrorism. And UN studies show that the more educated a man is, the less likely he is to beat his wife.
Sara Davidson | Posted 12.19.2009 | World
I thought I knew what the U.S. should do in Afghanistan, until I made a trip there with a small group organized by Code Pink.
Charity Tooze | Posted 12.10.2009 | World
While the current U.S. and Afghanistan governments continue to work to defeat the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan, the eight-year-old promise to help relieve the oppression of women and girls has largely gone unmet.
Anushay Hossain | Posted 11.13.2009 | World
As the administration ponders the very real possibility of becoming the newest addition to the "graveyard of empires", there is one aspect of Afghan society everyone seems to have forgotten: the women.
Posted 11.27.2009 | Sports
Ron Artest of the Los Angeles Lakers has released a new song and video. "Afghan Women" is a four-minute ode that showcases the small forward's interna...
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon | Posted 10.07.2009 | World
Women do not ask for protection of their rights simply because they are women; they seek assistance for their country simply because the stakes are too high -- for them and for the American public.
The Independent | Posted 09.17.2009 | World
By Jerome Starkey in Kabul and Kim Sengupta | The Independent Millions of Afghan women will be denied their chance to vote in presidential elections ...
AP | HEIDI VOGT | Posted 09.05.2009 | World
KABUL — In a country where most women leave home only under the cover of a burqa, Shahla Atta wears bright pink nail polish, highlights her eyes...
HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Dean | Posted 08.30.2009 | Politics
The Feminist Majority Foundation and the Afghan Women's Mission are locked in a bitter controversy over what's best for the women of Afghanistan. The...
Reporters Uncensored | Posted 08.28.2009 | World
Flagging women's rights in Afghanistan seems more important than ever. After years of war, the liberation from Taliban rule in 2001 should have finally given them a chance to embrace personal freedom.
The Guardian | Malalai Joya | Posted 08.28.2009 | World
In 2005, I was the youngest person elected to the new Afghan parliament. Women like me, running for office, were held up as an example of how the war ...
CNN | Posted 08.23.2009 | World
The war in Afghanistan may no longer be forgotten but the true victims always are. Women and children in the landlocked Asian country have continuous...
Reuters | Posted 08.07.2009 | World
Nehmatullah Yusefy's burqa sales have dropped 50 percent since the Taliban were toppled in 2001 and he says he will soon need to start stocking other ...
The Huffington Post | Stephanie Harnett | Posted 08.02.2009 | Living
We asked you, our readers, to submit your stories of volunteerism and community service, and you've delivered stories of doing good across the globe. ...
Jodie Evans | Posted 07.25.2009 | World
An organized judicial and law enforcement system can provide people security and a sense that they are living in their own peaceful country and not in a jungle that has no rules.
Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 07.24.2009 | World
In a country where little girls are attacked for going to school, Shahla Atta has a very good chance of inspiring hatred and a notion of revenge. That's a high price to pay for standing in an election you have no chance of winning.
Jodie Evans | Posted 07.11.2009 | World
Money spent on military would be much better spent on infrastructure, jobs, and international partnerships. People don't have the tools the need to move toward a peaceful reality.
AP | HEIDI VOGT | Posted 05.16.2009 | World
KABUL — A group of some 1,000 Afghans swarmed a demonstration of 300 women protesting against a new conservative marriage law on Wednesday. The ...
Anand Gopal | Posted 05.14.2009 | World
Just as the world's eyes are turning towards Afghanistan once again, a few conservative Afghan lawmakers are trying to pass a law that would, amongst ...
Leighton Woodhouse | Posted 05.07.2009 | World
One thing is clear from Afghanistan: military means do not well serve social or humanitarian ends, and nor does lofty and empty rhetoric.
Nytimes.com | KIRK SEMPLE | Posted 04.02.2009 | World
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Mariam was 11 in 2003 when her parents forced her to marry a blind, 41-year-old cleric. The bride price of $1,200 helped Mariam'...
Reuters | Sayed Salahuddin | Posted 03.20.2009 | World
Weary of Afghanistan's image as a country in chronic conflict with a history of repressing women, Arash Shenasa plans to launch a modelling contest to...
Sara Davidson | Posted 12.22.2009 | World