- SCRIPPS NEWS | September 2023
Where asylum seekers stand, 2 years after the war in Afghanistan | Featuring WAW and WAW US Country Director Naheed Samadi Bahram - AL JAZEERA | August 2023
Afghan lives in limbo, two years after US withdrawal | Featuring WAW and WAW US Country Director Naheed Samadi Bahram - ABC NEWS | August 2023
'A long road to go': How Afghan refugees are adjusting to life in US after fall of Kabul 2 years ago | Featuring WAW and WAW US Country Director Naheed Samadi Bahram - DAZED DIGITAL | August 2023
What the Taliban’s beauty salon ban means for Afghan women | Featuring interview with WAW Deputy Executive Director Kevin Schumacher - OUTSIDE MAGAZINE | May 2023
Life Under Afghanistan’s Ban on Women in the Outdoors | Featuring Women for Afghan Women - VOICE OF AMERICA (Dari) | March, 2023
VOA coverage in Dari of special discussion with UN Special Rapporteur Richard Bennet | Hosted at Women for Afghan Women's Virginia Community Center (VACC) - VOICE OF AMERICA (Pashto) | March, 2023
VOA coverage in Pashto of special discussion with UN Special Rapporteur Richard Bennet | Hosted at Women for Afghan Women's Virginia Community Center (VACC) - CNN | February 2023
Afghan families split since the US withdrawal face the unknown as key immigration deadlines near | Featuring WAW Staff Immigration Attorney Sanam Ghandehari - WBUR/NPR BOSTON: ON POINT | February 2023
What life is like for women under Taliban rule | Featuring WAW Executive Director Najia Nasim - AFP NEWS AGENCY | January 2023
Afghans receive aid packages in Kabul | Featuring WAW & partner Aseel aid distribution operations & covering the impact of the ban on women working in NGOs will have on humanitarian aid and other non profit services in Afghanistan.
- VOA | February 2022
Afghan Refugees Navigate Legal, Cultural Challenges in Unfamiliar Land | Featuring WAW US Country Director Naheed Samadi Bahram - DCIST | May 2022
‘We Are There To Fill In The Gap’: Resource Center For Afghan Refugees Opening In Alexandria | Featuring the Virginia Community Center Opening in Alexandria, VA - WJLA (ABC) Channel 7 NEWS DC | May 2022
New Center Opens to Help Female Afghan Refugees | Featuring the Virginia Community Center Opening in Alexandria, VA - NBC WASHINGTON | May 2022
Afghan Refugee Community Center | Featuring the Virginia Community Center Opening in Alexandria, VA - WUSA 9 (CBS) | May 2022
New Community Center for Afghan Women and Girls | Featuring the Virginia Community Center Opening in Alexandria, VA - FOX 5 (DC) | May 2022
New Afghan community center offers resources to refugees in Alexandria | Featuring the Virginia Community Center Opening in Alexandria, VA - PROPUBLICA | May 2022
These Children Fled Afghanistan Without Their Families. They’re Stuck in U.S. Custody | Featuring WAW US Country Director Naheed Samadi Bahram - RADIO NEW ZEALAND (RNZ) | June 2022
Afghanistan earthquake kills at least 1000, toll expected to rise | Featuring Women for Afghan Women's Afghanistan Country Director Fareed-ud-Din Noori - PIX 11 | July 2022
Queens organization provides support for Afghan women refugees | Featuring WAW US Country Director Naheed Samadi Bahram - NEWS NATION PRIME | August 2022
Life for women, girls under Taliban rule | NewsNation Prime | Featuring interview with WAW Executive Director Najia Nasim - DCIST | August 2022
One Year Later, This Alexandria Office Gives Hope To Afghan Asylum Seekers | Featuring WAW Virginia Community Center Staff, Mariam Kakar (Program Director) and Makeze Javid (Case Worker) - HABERTURK (Turkish News) | August 2022 (Turkish)
Afganistan'da Taliban yönetiminin ilk yılı doldu: Afgan kadınların 1 yılı nasıl geçti? (The first year of Taliban rule in Afghanistan is over: How did Afghan women spend this year?) | Featuring interview with WAW Executive Director Najia Nasim - NEWS NATION | August 2022
Afghanistan Anniversary: How refugees resettled in US | Featuring WAW Virginia Community Center Program Director, Mariam Kakar - NY1 | August 2022
Afghan refugee organization helps families relocate to New York | Featuring interview with WAW Executive Director Najia Nasim - ARAB NEWS | September 2022
US withdrawal doomed Afghan women to a dire future, says rights expert | Featuring interview with WAW Deputy Executive Director Kevin Schumacher - NPR | September 2022
He wanted his company to be the Etsy of Afghanistan. Now it has a crucial new mission | Featuring WAW and WAW Deputy Executive Director Kevin Schumacher
- NEWSWEEK | May 2021
'Entire Country' Believes Taliban is Behind Girls' School Bombing in Afghanistan, Expert Says | Featuring an exclusive interview with WAW Board Member and USIP Senior Program Officer, Belquis Ahmadi - POLITICO | May 2021
The U.S. Still Has Leverage In Afghanistan. Here’s How to Keep It | Op-ed by WAW Board member and Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Afghanistan, Annie Pforzheimer - ACTIVATING JUSTICE | May 2021
A Conversation with Najia Nasim of Women for Afghan Women | Featuring WAW Executive Director, Najia Nasim - NYC.GOV | April 2021
New York City to Launch $15 Million Ranked Choice Voting Education Campaign | Featuring WAW New York Community Center Advocacy and Outreach Coordinator, Roshni Ahmed - NEWSWEEK | April 2021
The U.S. Is Leaving Afghanistan. We Must Not Abandon It | Op-ed featuring WAW Board Member and USIP Senior Program Officer, Belquis Ahmadi, and WAW Deputy Executive Director, Kevin Schumacher - UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE (USIP) | April 2021
Democracy Is the Afghan Government’s Best Defense Against the Taliban: Here are Four Ways the Afghan Government Can Secure Equal Rights and Peace as Negotiations Move Forward | Co-authored by WAW Board Member and USIP Senior Program Officer Belquis Ahmadi - PHILANTHROPY WOMEN | April 2021
As US and NATO Withdraw, Women for Afghan Women (WAW) Fears Plummet in Women’s Justice: WAW fearfully responds to the US and NATO withdrawing troops from Afghanistan in September | Exclusive feature on Women for Afghan Women - DEFENSE ONE | April 2021
It Was Never All or Nothing in Afghanistan: This is not something we hoped to see from national security leaders and a president we admire so much | Co-authored by WAW Board member and Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Afghanistan, Annie Pforzheimer - UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE (USIP) | April 2021
U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan: End to an Endless War? The September pullout will change the calculations of the Afghan negotiating parties and could lead to a recharged civil war. | Co-authored by WAW Board Member and USIP Senior Program Officer Belquis Ahmadi - PBS NEWSHOUR | April 2021
Will the Withdrawal of U.S. Troops Enable the Taliban? Three Afghanistan Experts Weigh In | Featuring WAW Board member and Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Afghanistan, Annie Pforzheimer - PIX 11 | April 2021
How will NYC’s Next Mayor Support the City’s Asian American Community? Find out at Forum | Featuring WAW New York Community Center Advocacy and Outreach Coordinator, Roshni Ahmed - THE US-AFGHAN WOMEN'S COUNCIL (USAWC) | February 2021
US-Afghan Women's Council letter to US Secretary of State Antony John Blinken | Letter advocating USAWC's position on US policy towards Afghanistan. Click here for more information on the USAWC (WAW and its board are active members.) - FRANCE 24 | March 2021
A Blunt US letter Aims to Revive the Afghan Peace Process, But Jolts Women on a Special Day | Featuring WAW Board Member and Senior Program Officer at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), Belquis Ahmadi - SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE | March 2021
Van Hollen, Bipartisan Group of Senators Introduce the Keeping Women and Girls Safe From the Start Act of 2021 | The Keeping Women and Girls Safe from the Start Act is endorsed by 68+ leading civil society organizations, including Women for Afghan Women
- THE NEW YORK TIMES | December 2020
Letters to the Editor on The Long Road Out of Afghanistan | Op-ed by WAW Board of Directors Members Sunita Viswanath and Annie Pforzheimer - SENTINEL SOURCE | November 2020
Will Burqas Make a Comeback in Afghanistan | Featuring WAW Executive Director, Najia Nasim - USIP | October 2020
Afghan Peace Process Tests Women Activists:Amid perils, Afghans insist on women’s rights; U.S. officials promise continued support through aid." | Op-ed by WAW Board Member Belquis Ahmadi and Matthew Parkes, Program Specialist, Afghanistan & Central Asia - YOUTUBE | October 2020
Peace, Power, and Purpose: A Journey Towards Women's Safety and Equality | A one-hour discussion with WAW's team moderated by Deborah Amos, International Correspondent at NPR and Professor of Journalism. - AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION (ABC) | August 2020
The Afghan Women Risking Their Lives to Fight 'Humiliating' Tradition that Robs Their Identity | Featuring Benafsha Efaf, WAW Afghanistan Program Manager - DAILY KOS | July 2020
Will Burkhas Make a Comeback in Afghanistan or Can Women Prevail? | Quoting WAW Executive Director, Najia Nasim - ELLE MAGAZINE | June 2020
Resettling as a Refugee During a Global Pandemic | Featuring WAW New York Community Center Caseworker Sapna Oweis - FRANCE 24 | May 2020
Afghanistan: Life inside Kabul's women's prison during Covid-19 (English)| Featuring WAW client, Mursal (English Version) - FRANCE 24 | May 2020
Afghanistan: Life inside Kabul's women's prison during Covid-19 (Arabic)| Featuring WAW client, Mursal
(Arabic Version) - AFGHANS EMPOWERED | May
#Keep Afghan Women Strong podcast | Featuring WAW's Deputy Executive Director, Kevin Schumacher - THE NEW ARAB | May 2020
Women for Afghan Women: Escaping the shadow pandemic of gender-based violence | Featuring WAW's response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Afghanistan - THE TAKEAWAY (NPR / WNYC) | March 2o20
What Does the U.S.-Afghanistan Peace Deal Mean for Afghan Women's Rights? | Podcast featuring WAW Board Member, Masuda Sultan - THE CITY | March 2020
Women’s Rights Were Sidelined Throughout the Process: Afghan Women and Minorities Fear Consequences of US-Taliban Peace Deal | Featuring WAW Executive Director, Najia Nasim - NBC.COM | February 2020
No Guarantees for Afghan Women in Draft U.S.-Taliban Deal | Quoting WAW Board Member, Belquis Ahmadi - DEVEX.COM | January 2020
Delayed Trump Administration WPS Implementation Plans to be Released Soon: Peace Talks, the Taliban, and Afghan Women's Uncertain Future | Featuring WAW Director of Advocacy, Megan Corrado - DEFENSE ONE | January 2020
To End America’s War in Afghanistan, US Troops Can’t Leave Yet | Op-ed by WAW Board Member, Annie Pforzheimer - UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE (USIP) | January 2020
Colombia’s Imperfect Peace Could Provide a Roadmap for Afghanistan | Op-ed by WAW Board Member, Belquis Ahmadi, and Maria Antonia Montes
- THE NEW YORKER | December 2019
Peace Talks, the Taliban, and Afghan Women's Uncertain Future | Featuring WAW Kabul Province Manager, Benafsha Efaf - NEWSRUST | December 2019
Peace Talks, the Taliban, and Afghan Women's Uncertain Future | Featuring WAW Kabul Province Manager, Benafsha Efaf - PBS | November 2019
As Taliban Peace Talks Resume, What’s at Stake for Afghan Women? | Featuring WAW Shelter, Staff, and Client - NYC.GOV | October 2019
De Blasio Administration Announces New IDNYC Program Benefits Ahead of Five Year Anniversary | Quoting WAW's New York Community Center Program Director, Naheed Samadi Bahram - NEW YORK WOMEN'S FOUNDATION | October 2019
NYWF In Conversation with Najia Nasim, Executive Director of Women for Afghan Women - MS. MAGAZINE | October 2019
What’s at Risk for Abused Afghan Women | Featuring WAW's Women's Protection Centers and Kabul Staff and Clients - ANASH.ORG | September 2019
Mayor Bill de Blasio Joins JCCGCI Food Distribution | With mention of the JCCGCI's support to WAW's NYCC Programs and Job Placement Capacity - ALJAZEERA (101 EAST DOCUMENTARY) | August 2019
The War on Afghan Women | Featuring WAW and WAW Defense Lawyer Najia Sadiq in Afghanistan - INSIDEOVER.COM | August 2019
Baad Tradition: Virgins Given Away to End Disputes in Afghanistan | Featuring WAW's work in Afghanistan and quoting WAW Executive Director Najia Nasim - CARNEGIE COUNCIL FOR ETHICS IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS | August 2019
Prioritizing the Linkages Between Sustainable Development Goals to Eradicate Child Marriage | Op-ed by WAW Director of Advocacy Megan E. Corrado - FOX NEWS | July 2019
Afghan Women Fear Renewed Chapter of Sharia Law and Regression of Rights under Taliban's Bhumb | Featuring WAW Executive Director Najia Nasim - AFGHAN MINISTRY OF EDUCATION | July 2019
An Afghan Ministry of Education Press Release | Featuring an Memorandum of Understanding signing ceremony between WAW Executive Director Najia Nasim and the Afghan Minister of Education Dr. Mohammad Mirwais Balkhi - THE TAKEAWAY (NPR / WNYC) | July 2019
What Would Life Be Like for Afghan Women If the Taliban Regains Power? | Podcast featuring WAW Board Member Masuda Sultan - CNN INTERNATIONAL | June 2019
They Wanted a Son So Much They Made their Daughter Live as a Boy by Sheena McKenzie, featuring WAW Executive Director Najia Nasim and WAW's work with the practice of bacha posh - THE NEW YORK TIMES | June 2019
I Met the Taliban. Women Were the First to Speak | By WAW Board Member Masuda Sultan - INSIDEOVER.COM | May 2019
Afghan Women Imprisoned For “Moral Crimes” Women | Featuring WAW's Transitional Houses and quoting Executive Director Najia Nasim - UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE | May 2019
The Price of Peace in Afghanistan: Afghans Want Peace Above All—But They Aren’t Willing to Give up their Hard-Won Gains to Get There. | by WAW Executive Board Member, Belquis Ahmadi - DAWEO (Danner Afghanistan for Women's Empowerment Organization, Afghanistan) | May 2019
Women's Protection Centers in Afghanistan | WAW's WPC's Feature in DAWEO documentary (English subtitles) - ATV AFGHANISTAN | May 2019
WAW Staff Interviewed on ATV: Women's Rights and Islam (in Dari) - THE WASHINGTON POST | April 2019
Taliban Meets with Women’s Rights Activists, Others after Talks with Afghan Officials Collapse | Quoting WAW Board Member Masuda Sultan - POLITICO | April 2019
Fears Grow Trump will Abandon Afghan Women to the Taliban | Quoting WAW Board Member Masuda Sultan - JAPAN TODAY | April 2019
U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan Focus of Next Talks: Taliban - FOREIGN POLICY | April 2019
For Afghan Refugee Women, There’s No Escape From Violence - AL JAZEERA (LIVE STREAM) | March 2019
Will Peace with the Taliban Threaten Afghan Women | Including an interview with WAW Executive Director Najia Nasim - UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE (USIP) | March 2019
Afghanistan Talks: No Women, No Peace | by WAW Executive Board Member Belquis Ahmadi - THE HILL | February 2019
Don't Sacrifice Afghan Women's Freedoms for a Flawed Peace Deal | by WAW Executive Director Najia Nasim and WAW Advocacy Director Megan Corrado - QUARTZ | January 2019
Fear of Abandonment: Nobody is Thinking about Afghan Women in the US-Taliban Peace Talks | by Annalisa Merelli | Quoting WAW Advocacy Director Megan Corrado - ABC NEWS| January 2019
Afghan Women 'Too Emotional' for Leadership and Have Enough Rights, Domestic Survey Claims | Quoting WAW Executive Director Najia Nasim - THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION | January 2019
Afghan Men Oppose More Women's Rights; Elders Less Hardline by Sonia Elks | Quoting WAW Executive Director Najia Nasim
- THE HILL | December 2018
Announced Withdrawal from Afghanistan Repeats Mistakes of the Past | Op-ed by WAW Executive Director Manizha Naderi and Advocacy Director Megan Corrado - THE CHRONICLE OF PHILANTHROPY | December 2018
NPR’s CEO Will Move into Fundraising Role (Transitions) as Women for Afghan Women Appoints a New Executive Director - THE QUADRANGLE - MANHATTAN COLLEGE | November 2018
New Campus Organization: Dining for Women Features “Women for Afghan Women” in October 2018 - HENRY J. KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION (KFF) | October 2018
Ending Child Marriage Critical to Achieving Gender Equality SDG | Op-ed by WAW Advocacy Director Megan E. Corrado - GLOBAL HEALTH HUB| October 2018
Ending Child Marriage Critical To Achieving Gender Equality SDG | Op-ed by WAW Advocacy Director Megan E. Corrado - THE HILL | October 2018
Want Gender Equality? Let's Start with Ending Child Marriages | Op-ed by WAW Advocacy Director Megan E. Corrado - THE HILL | August 2018
Afghan Women the Key to Sustainable Peace in Afghanistan | Op-ed by WAW Executive Director Manizha Naderi and Advocacy Director Megan Corrado - QUEENS PUBLIC TV | July 2018
WAW Client Feature on Queens Public TV "The Afghan Refugee" - NEW YORK WOMEN'S FOUNDATION | June 2018
2017 Annual Report: Radical Generosity | Featuring WAW client Meet Deeba--program participant at WAW [page 9] - IMPAKTER MAGAZINE | January 2018
Women and Peacebuilding: The Key to Achieving SDG 5 in Afghanistan | Op-ed by WAW Executive Director Manizha Naderi
- THE NEW YORK TIMES | December 2017
Some Afghan Children Find an Alternative to Jail — for Now - NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE | December 2017
Famed 'Afghan Girl' Finally Gets a Home - CNN | November 2017
Laura Bush and Rula Ghani on 'Opening the Door' for Women in Afghanistan | WAW Executive Director Manizha Naderi interviewed in the Brooke Baldwin Show - THE HILL | November 2017
A Call to Action: It’s Time to Eradicate All Violence Against Women | Op-ed by WAW Executive Director Manizha Naderi and Advocacy Director Megan E. Corrado - THE NEW YORK TIMES | October 2017
A Child Bride Leaves Fear Behind - THE NEW YORK TIMES | October 2017
Brought Together by Pain, 3 Girls Forced Into Marriage Have New Dreams - THE HILL | August 2017
In Afghanistan, Security Interests Outweigh Ideology | Letter to the Editor by WAW Executive Director Manizha Naderi - THE NEW YORK TIMES | August 2017
Years After Acid Attack, an Afghan Story of Survival Takes a Dark Turn - WASHINGTON EXAMINER | August 2017
Don't Change the State Department's Mission Statement - VOICE OF ISLAM | August 2017
"What is a Women’s Worth? and "Trials and Tribulations- Why Do We Suffer?"| Interview with WAW Executive Director Manizha Naderi - WASHINGTON POST | July 2017
Afghan Girls’ Robotics Team Prevails| Letter to the Editor by WAW Executive Director Manizha Naderi - FEMINIST DAILY NEWSWIRE - FEMINIST MAJORITY FOUNDATION | July 2017
Feminist Protest Pressure Trump Administration to Grant Afghan Girls Robotics Team Visas - TIMES LEDGER | June 2017
Governor Cuomo Signs Law Outlawing Child Marriage in New York - MS. BLOG | June 2017
Afghan Women March on Washington DC - PEACE NEWS | May 2017
Can Women Help Afghanistan Achieve Peace? - VIOLET MAGAZINE | May 2017
Reason to Believe | Interviews with WAW Executive Director Manizha Naderi and New York Program Director Naheed Samadi Bahram - WAW LEGACY AWARD | May 2017
Coverage in the Arabic-Language Media of WAW's 2017 Gala's Posthumous Legacy Award to the Late United Arab Emirates Ambassador to Afghanistan H.E. Mohammed Al Kaabi- https://www.mofa.gov.ae/MediaCenter/News/Pages/28-05-2017-UAE-US.aspx
- https://www.elbayan.co/arabic/post-854326/الأن-من-أجل-الرأة-الأفغانية-تكرم-الشهيد-الكعبي-بجائزة-الإنجاز
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- http://www.rasd24.net/newsdetails2.aspx?id=8299643
- PHILANTHROPY WOMEN | May 2017
Check Out This Timely Support for Afghan Women from Big Foundations | WAW Receives $750,000 from five foundations: Carnegie, Ford, Hewlett, Packard, and MacArthur - INSIDE PHILANTHROPY | May 2017
Why Did These Big Foundations Get Behind Afghan Women? - BUSTLE.COM | April 2017
The Struggles Of Afghan Women Go Well Beyond U.S. Bombs - NONPROFIT QUARTERLY (NPQ) | January 2017
10 Suggestions for Getting It Done: The Women's March is On! - MOAB SUN NEWS | January 2017
Kimberly Motley's Award-Winning Film "Motley's Law" Comes to Star Hall
2016
- IMPAKTER MAGAZINE | December 2016
Afghan Women’s Group in New York Reaches Out Across Communities for Women’s Rights - PIX 11 | December 2016
Queens Nonprofit’s Homework Help Program Offers Immigrant Kids a Chance to Learn and Grow - OLHARES DO MUNDO (WORLD VIEWS, BRAZIL) | November 2016
With the Help of International NGOs, Afghans Regain their Rights (Com ajuda de ONGs internacionais, afegãs reconquistam direitos) - THE WASHINGTON TIMES | October 2016
Afghan Women Face Increasing Hostility in Battle for Equal Rights - VOICE OF AMERICA | October 2016
Women's Group Teaches Life Skills to Help Afghans in U.S. - DEVEX.COM | October 2016
8 Insights to End Child Marriage - POLITICO MAGAZINE | September 2016
What Trump Gets Wrong About Muslim Communities in America - GIRLS GLOBE | September 2016
Nurturing Spirits Indestructible: Women for Afghan Women’s Girls Leadership Program - COMMUNITY SUPPORTED FILMS (CSF) | August 2016
Kabul's Women Seek Refuge Indoors After a Series of Acid Attacks - ABOARD THE DEMOCRACY TRAIN | July 2016
Struggling to Keep Afghan Girls Safe from Harm - DAILY BEAST | July 2016
What It's Like Growing Up Gay in Afghanistan - NATIONAL SECURITY LANGUAGE (NSLI) INITIATIVE FOR YOUTH | July 2016
Using My NSLI-Y Experience to Raise Awareness of Global Women's Issues - THE HUFFINGTON POST | June 2016
A Beleaguered Muslim Community Confronts the Horror and Aftermath of Orlando - MUSLIM GIRL | June 2016
Is There a Reemergence of Honor Kiliings in Afghanistan - THE EXPRESS TIMES | June 2016
Shock and Fear: Afghan Americans in New York Post-Orlando - INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES | May 2016
Star-crossed Afghan Lovers Arrive in NYC to Escape From Her Families Death Threats - NEWSER | May 2016
Forbidden Afghan Lovers Fight for Asylum in NYC - DEFENSE ONE | May 2016
The Latest Taliban Leader's Death Changes What, Exactly? - THE NEW YORK TIMES | May 2016
Afghan Lovers Begin an Asylum Odyssey in New York - BROADLY (VICE) | May 2016
The Taliban is Pubicly Executing Women Again - MS. BLOG | May 2016
On the Rape and Murder of a 6-Year-Old Afghan Girl in Iran - IDLO | April 2016
Supporting Women's Economic Empowerment: Lessons from India - Al JAZEERA AMERICA | April 2016
Afghanistan Refugees: Group Helps Women Adjust to Life in the U.S. - THE NEW YORK TIMES | April 2016
Repatriation Should Be the First Concern for Afghan Refugees - CENTER FOR GENDER AND REFUGEE STUDIES | April 2016
CGRS Publishes Report on Violence Against Women in Central Asia - THE HUFFINGTON POST | February 2016
Valentine's Day with Zakia and Ali, Afghanistan's Romeo and Juliet
2015
- THE NEW YORK TIMES | October 2015
Taking Hold in Kunduz, Afghanistan, New Taliban Echoed the Old - NEWSWEEK | October 2015
On the Taliban and the Situation in Kunduz, Afghanistan - AL JAZEERA | October 2015
Alarm Over Safety of Women in Kunduz after Taliban Return - PRI'S THE WORLD | October 2015
The Taliban Had a Hit List of Working Women - THE TAKEAWAY (NPR / WNYC) | October 2015
Taliban Targeted Female Activists, Leaders in Afghan Attack - THE NEW YORK TIMES | March 2015
A Thin Line of Defense Against 'Honor Killings'
2014
- THE NEW YORK TIMES | April 2014
Afghan Newlyweds, Facing Threats, Find Brief Respite in Mountains - THE NEW YORK TIMES | February 2014
Taliban and Government Imperil Gains for Afghan Women, Advocates Say - THE NEW YORK TIMES | October 2014
Afghan Mullah Who Raped Girl in His Mosque Receives 20-Year Prison Sentence - THE NEW YORK TIMES | November 2014
Afghan Women Imprisoned
2012
- THE NEW YORK TIMES | December 2012
With Help, Afghan Survivor of ‘Honor Killing’ Inches Back - THE NEW YORK TIMES | August 2012
Wed and Tortured at 13, Afghan Girl Finds Rare Justice
2011
- THE NEW YORK TIMES | December 2011
Four Afghan Men Held in Acid Attack on Family - THE NEW YORK TIMES | February 2011
Afghan Proposal Would Clamp Down on Women's Shelters
2010
- TIME | July 2010
The Plight of Afghan Women: A Disturbing Picture - INTERNET ARCHIVE | May 2010
Interview with WAW Board Chair and Co-founder, Sunita Viswanath