(September 20, 2011) Twenty-year-old Malalai Abdali, a resident of Kandahar, was yearning to tell stories and explore life through photography, but due to cultural expectations and volatile security, there was no outlet for her creativity. Then Malalai had the opportunity to take a three day media and photography workshop conducted by Internews’ Afghan Media Development [...]
(September 20, 2011) The legal vulnerability of women is a major area of concern in Tajikistan, where many women do not know what their rights are, much less how to defend them when they are violated. When employees in the local registry bureau tried to force 20-year-old Safargul Karimova to sign divorce papers issued by [...]
(September 20, 2011) Twenty-year-old Malalai Abdali, a resident of Kandahar, was yearning to tell stories and explore life through photography, but due to cultural expectations and volatile security, there was no outlet for her creativity. Then Malalai had the opportunity to take a three day media and photography workshop conducted by Internews’ Afghan Media Development and Empowerment Project (AMDEP) as part of the Afghan Youth Festival program.
(September 20, 2011) The legal vulnerability of women is a major area of concern in Tajikistan, where many women do not know what their rights are, much less how to defend them when they are violated.
When employees in the local registry bureau tried to force 20-year-old Safargul Karimova to sign divorce papers issued by her husband, she refused to do so—she had learned from the Internews-supported TV program, “Khukuk” (in Tajik, “The Law”) that other options were available to her.
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