Women’s Voices

Zarmina Pariani, a well-known protester and former Taliban prisoner, delivered a harrowing testimony on Thursday at the People’s Tribunal for the Women of Afghanistan held in Madrid, Spain. She rec...

Hoda Khamosh, a prominent human rights activist and Witness No. 23 on the second day of the People’s Tribunal held in Madrid, Spain, gave a harrowing testimony detailing the Taliban’s systematic opp...

Farhat Badakhsh I was a girl who breathed through her dreams. Not grand, world-changing ambitions—but simple hopes: a backpack full of books, a seat in a university classroom, and a path stretching...

By Hakima Mahboobi The internet blackout in Afghanistan was not merely a technical disruption or the shutdown of a few towers; it was a bitter experience of extinguished hopes, forced isolation, an...

By: Zahra Mosavi In contemporary Afghan history, many days have been intertwined with suffering and resistance, yet some shine like radiant gems upon the chronicles of women’s struggle for freedom. 1...

Introduction The Voice of a Woman Amid Darkness and Hope is a reflection of women who, at the height of oppression and despair, rose bravely for justice and freedom. Sumaya Shirzad is one of those...

In Herat, when a woman wants to ask the price of a pair of shoes, silence falls between her and the shopkeeper. She can no longer simply say: “How much is this?” The Taliban have recently issued a de...

By Hania Forotan- Rukhshana Media When the Taliban were toppled from power in 2001, many women in Afghanistan kept wearing the burqa, even though they were no longer required to do so. The extremist...

By: Atrisa Exactly one year after the Taliban officially padlocked more than 12,000 beauty salons, they are now moving to extinguish the “hidden lights” as well. The new decree is blunt: “Any place...

Narrator: Maryam Monfared Four springs and autumns have passed since the doors of knowledge were locked to us, yet the shadow of those bright days still lives in my heart. I have hidden my school u...

I am Elahah Rizaei, a small voice, but an echo of thousands of stories from the heart of Afghanistan. Once, I went to school, I studied, and I dreamed of becoming a pilot. But August 15 came and to...

Fahimeh Nouri This story is not only mine; it is the voice of thousands of silent girls from my homeland. Four years have passed since a catastrophic fall, and I still cannot accept th...