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Afghan Women's Writing Project

The Afghan Women’s Writing Project was founded in 2009 in defense of the human right to voice one’s story. Online writing workshops partner international writers, educators, and journalists with English-speaking women in six Afghan provinces. Poems and essays are published each week at awwproject.org where over 1300 pieces by Afghan women can now be read. In support of this central focus, AWWP’s program also includes a women-only internet café in Kabul, training workshops, online Dari workshops, radio broadcasts of AWWP writings in Afghanistan, laptops, internet, and publication opportunities. AWWP believes that empowering Afghan women creates possibilities for economic independence and instills leadership abilities as in reinforces freedom of speech. Follow the organization on Twitter , Facebook or email.

‘I don’t want to be 13 and go with that old man’

By Arifa ● Arts & Culture ● June 3, 2015

Young Nasimba’s marriage to an older man was her parents’ way of paying off a debt. The first time this happened in her friend’s life, writes Arifa, the results were tragic.

Justice for Farkhunda

By Zahra W. ● Teen Voices ● April 8, 2015

When this 15-year-old Afghan refugee in Pakistan found out about the brutal murder of her countrywoman, she was shocked at the horror that lived in men. Her sadness turned into pride as she watched the the woman in the community stand up for injustice.

Bus Ride Gives Afghan Teen Human Rights Lesson

By Arifa ● Arts & Culture ● March 4, 2015

Forty percent of girls in Afghanistan are married before they are 18 years old, according to UNICEF, which means they do not finish their education, remain illiterate and puts them at increased childbirth related health problems. A bus ride home from school gives teen writer Arifa a direct reminder of the struggle of women and girls in her country.