Afghan Women Rising
Women for Afghan Women (WAW), a human rights organization located in Queens, NY, is looking for a development intern to assist the organization’s development team in New York. Please apply no later than October 8, 2021. The internship is projected to begin the week of October 11, 2021 and end the week of May 30, 2022. A shorter internship period (a minimum of three months) will be considered. …
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Zaafirah is 17 years old. She has just learned to walk again. Zaafirah’s tragedy began the day she was forced into a marriage with a man from her village in an exchange arranged by her parents. The harrowing abuse started as soon as the young girl moved in with her new husband and in-laws. Her parents would remain in the dark because Zaafirah’s husband and in-laws would ban her from visiting or communicating with her family. After months of abuse that amounted to torture, Zaafirah became so weak and her condition deteriorated to such a terrible state that her in-laws contacted her father and told him that she had been diagnosed with cancer. They asked him to come to their house to take her back, alluding that she was “damaged goods.” When her father arrived, they handed over Zaafirah at their doorstep without letting him into the house. Once they got home, Zaafirah’s father realized that she had suffered the most unbearable physical abuse. Muscles in her leg were severed, her nails had …
This powerful documentary featuring Women for Afghan Women (WAW) and our work offering support, protection, and shelter to women through our Women's Protection Centers (WPCs) in Afghanistan, was produced with the financial support of Danner Afghanistan for Women's Empowerment Organization (DAWEO) with technical support from WAW and the Afghan Ministry of Women's Affairs (MoWA). The documentary was shared with the Directorate of Women Protection Centers in the MoWA and approved by ASN members, WPC Coordination Meeting members, and the members of the Committee to uphold the Elimination for Violence Against Women Law. Credit for the production of this great video goes to DAWEO. …
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On the occasion of WAW's EXPO 2019: #CelebrateCourage, The First Lady of Afghanistan, Her Excellency Rula Ghani celebrates courage with Women for Afghan Women (WAW) and, once again, extends her support, congratulations, and blessings to WAW's life-saving and life-changing work in Afghanistan. …
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Women for Afghan Women's Executive Director, Najia Nasim interviewed on Al Jazeera' The Stream about why more women need to be involved in the peace process. …
This video is a small glimpse into the amazing grassroots People's Peace Movement in Afghanistan (PPM)--a movement being honored at WAW's EXPO 2019 for its incredible effort to help make the dream of peace in Afghanistan come true. In this video, the PPM thanks Women for Afghan Women (WAW) for the award and for the recognition of the group and its powerful message of peace. …
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Statement from the Leadership of Women for Afghan Women on Events that Transpired on March 30. WAW Response
