Afghan Eyes Photo Agency
Sunday, 13 May 2012 Written by YWC“We can get images from an amazing country where few journalists and photographers have access to.We are a group of young, well trained and hard working photographers. We can respond to all your editorial visual needs from Afghanistan.” Afghan Eyes founders started taking photos in their youth during the Taliban era in Afghanistan when only passport and ID snapshots were allowed. They were imprisoned by the Taliban several times. Their only crime was ‘taking photographs.’ Since 2003, after receiving professional photography training from AINA photo institute, agency founder ... More
Stronger than You Know
Monday, 07 May 2012 Written by Mariam HotakiFirst published here. Written by: Mariam Hotaki, YWC Member Sahar Gul, like many other victims of domestic violence, was tortured, abused, and imprisoned by the women in her in-laws. Yes, the women.Female misogyny is heart-wrenching. It breaks my heart that a woman could pull out another woman’s finger nails, burn her with irons, hit her with cables and imprison her in a dark basement for no other reason than refusing to become a prostitute. What is even more heart-breaking is that things like this have been happening for years and years. Many women grow up with unconscious misogynist ... More
Just Human
Monday, 07 May 2012 Written by Fariha FaqiriWritten by: Fariha Faqiri, YWC Member Don’t you sometimes wonder why we are all not just humans?Being just humans, one would not face as much suffering…Because then, no one would look at your differencesThen again we are humansWith a specific feature or nameThere are women and menNow this is where the problem liesSometimes gender problemsAre greater than any other racial problemsBeing a femaleIs another name for pain.Many accept their fateOthers bury themselves in itFew fight …The rest end their lives.From the few that fight,Many are left aloneFamily consider them deadFriends ... More
Voice of Liberation
Monday, 07 May 2012 Written by Tabasum WolayatWritten by: Tabasum Wolayat, YWC Member I am an Afghan woman -- brown skinned and sometimes with “headgear,” as you call it. You call me by different names: oppressed, helpless, voices of submission. Don’t think I am oppressed only because I am an Afghan woman; don’t think I know less than you only because I am not an American; don’t try to tell me that your country has liberated me and freed me from “abusive” Afghan men; don’t think I desperately in need of your help; don’t attempt to tell me that I’m “helpless” and “oppressed”; don’t think ... More
Scarf or No Scarf
Saturday, 05 May 2012 Written by Mariam HotakiWritten by: Mariam Hotaki, YWC Member We use stereotypes whether we admit to it it or not. We assume things, we judge, and we come to conclusions without even thinking twice. One of these stereotypes is about wearing a headscarf. Wearing a headscarf is perceived to be a symbol of women’s oppression. We are convinced that if a woman wears a scarf, she is trapped in an oppressive household and she has no knowledge of what her rights are and that we need to go ‘save’ her. Looking at a woman with a headscarf and assuming that she is oppressed is neither clever nor fair. It is wrong to ... More
Woman
Saturday, 05 May 2012 Written by Fatima SaidiWritten by: Fatima Saidi, YWC Member She is a woman, not the second class citizen or sex, not an obiedient creature, not the weaker sex, not a painting, not a toy for lustful eyes, not a full-time laborer for no pay. Know that if she wanted she could be unfaithful, she could have a heart of stone and not express emotions, she could be rude, she could be dirty, but if she isn't and hasn't been, it is because she does not want to be. This blog is a platform for women and their supporters to share their thoughts and stories and Young Women for Change organization does ... More
A New Way of Work
Saturday, 05 May 2012 Written by Mohammad Jawad AlizadaWritten by: Mohammad Jawad Alizada, YWC Male Advocate Many people in Afghanistan might look at Young Women for Change as a concept unfamiliar and a cause unworthy in these times where there are so many problems. Looking at it, I believe it might have been the best move of my life to get involved with a group that works for gender equality and women’s rights in a country where women are tortured and treated in the worst ways. This country is even listed as the most dangerous country in the world for women. How could any other problem be more important than the welfare of our mothers, ... More
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