Lal Bibi is only 17 years old. She was forced into marriage with someone from her village in an exchange arranged by her parents. After she was married, her husband and in-laws banned her from visiting or communicating with her parents. Soon thereafter, they began to inflict the most horrific abuse on the child. At one point, Lal Bibi was in 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. When her father arrived, they handed Lal Bibi to him at their doorstep without letting him into the house. Once they got home, Lal Bibi’s father realized that she had suffered the most severe physical abuse, amounting to torture. Muscles in her leg had been severed, her nails were extracted, and she had very bad burns all over her body. She told her parents that in addition to the torture she suffered, her in-laws had locked her up in a well in their yard for an extended period …
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WAW and Women’s Protection Centers in Afghanistan
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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First Lady of Afghanistan: 2019 Message to WAW
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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WAW’s Najia Nasim Features on Al Jazeera | The Stream: Will Peace with the Taliban Threaten Afghan Women
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. …
WAW Executive Director, Najia Nasim’s EXPO 2019 Video Message
In this video-taped message, WAW E.D. Najia Nasim gives a heartfelt welcome to our EXPO 2019 guests, board, staff, volunteers and EXPO honorees. In her message, Najia talks about her love of the organization, her respect for WAW staff, and her unwavering belief that WAW is an organization that is a peacemaker in its day to day work. In this message is the hope that peace will finally come to Afghanistan and that women will be integrally involved in the process so that we may preserve all the gains Afghans have made since 2001, especially women and girls. …
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WAW Featured on ATV: Women’s Rights and Islam
WAW Staff are interviewed on Afghan TV (ATV) discussing the importance of WAW's work on human rights, WAW's Women's Rights ARE Human Rights, and how women's rights and equality are enshrined in Islam and in Islamic law. …
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