During the US-led NATO military presence in Afghanistan (2001-2021), the Ministry of Women’s Affairs (MOWA) advocated for the rights of women into law. While these rights were met with skepticism, if not outright hostility, with certain segments of Afghan society and the Afghan parliament, it was a promising way forward. The Law on the Elimination of Violence Against Women (EVAW LAW) was issued by decree by President Hamid Karzai in 2009 and by President Ashraf Ghani in 2018. Injustices such as domestic violence, forced marriage, immolation, forced prostitution, and many others, became illegal. Women and girls became free to pursue an education, enjoy fresh air and socialize in parks, travel wherever and whenever they pleased. School-aged girls’ dreams came true as young women graduating from university. That all came to a halt on August 15, 2021, when the Taliban took over Afghanistan. Like water dripping on stone, the rights women had come to enjoy eroded. Shortly after the …
Afghan Girls' Rights
Afghan Women Rising: WAW’s NYCC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41GMzFlYoaI&t=26s Afghan Women Rising is a short video on Women for Afghan Women in the United States, and particularly our clients from the NYCC. This video shows the amazing experience with over 50 of our clients at the Women's March on January 21st, 2017 in Washington DC. The video also presents our wonderful NYCC Program Director Naheed Bahram Samadi, who provides a great overview of our programs and what WAW is all about. …