On Wednesday, October 25th, Women for Afghan Women (WAW) attended a United States Institute of Peace (USIP) event entitled, "Afghan First Lady Rula Ghani on Women as Peacemakers,” featuring Her Excellency Rula Ghani, Representative Susan Davis (CA-53), and USIP Senior Program Officer Palwasha Kakar, with USIP President Nancy Lindborg serving as the moderator. …
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Celebrating Afghanistan’s 98th Independence Day
On Monday, September 25, 2017, the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in Washington, DC hosted a reception to celebrate Afghanistan’s 98th Independence Day. Women for Afghan Women’s Director of Advancement, Kim Otis, and Advocacy Manager, Megan Corrado, were in attendance, where they were treated to a musical performance by Atiquallah Kakar and the singing of the Afghan and American national anthems by John Eaton Elementary School students. …
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An American Woman’s Perspective on Advocating for Afghan Women
As a young woman growing up in America, I have had the privilege of living in ignorance. I have never lost family or friends to bombings, I have never fled my home in fear, and I have never even imagined that my neighborhood would become a war zone. I grew up in a safe bubble with only a vague understanding of the harsh reality girls my age faced elsewhere. …
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An Inspiring Lunch with Malala Yousufzai
Last week, I had the honor and pleasure of attending a small luncheon where the special guests were Malala Yousufzai and her father Ziauddin Yousufzai. I have admired them both ever since the attack Malala suffered at the hands of the Taliban, and it is my great fortune that I met them not at a huge event but at an intimate luncheon where I could speak with them at leisure. This encounter with Malala and Ziauddin confirmed something that I had always suspected -- that the struggles of Afghans and Pakistanis are very closely connected, if not one and the same. …
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