Since the October of 2021, the Asfari Institute has started, in collaboration with ELC Scholars at AUB, to organize a series of events that aim to empower women of Afghanistan. The Asfari Institute cooperated with FEMENA, lead by Sussan Tahmasebi, and sponsored a series of webinars with influential Afghan guest speakers that shared their valuable insight on the status of Afghan women after the Taliban took over. The videos for these recorded events can be found below.
​In addition, the Asfari Institute organized a Nowruz day spring celebration for the Shamsi-Hijri New year whereby the broad AUB community participated. We continue to carry on our ongoing events for women empowerment in Afghanistan. Stay tuned for more!

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My Voice to my Home, part 4

In the fourth webinar of the series: Women of Afghanistan: My Voice to My Home, FEMENA and the Asfari institute for Civil Society and Citizenship at the American university of Beirut will be tackling important issues with poet, writer, and women human rights defender Hoda Khamosh. Hoda Khamosh, was one of the women protesters against the Taliban in Kabul during past 6 months and was one of six Afghan women who were invited to sit with Taliban officials as they made their first invited visit to a Western country since taking control of Afghanistan in August.

Watch webinar here.

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My Voice to my Home, part 3

In the third webinar of the series “My Voice to My Home”, FEMENA and the Asfari Institute for Civil society and citizenship at the American University of Beirut, will be tackling the life and work of an Afghan women’s rights activist: Humaira Saqib. Humaira is an experienced female journalist and active human rights activist and Founder of Afghan Women News Agency. She has done some important research like research on the role of women in the parliamentary and presidential elections with the Regional Women's Network (WRN). This Webinar brings a public and international insight to the cause of women of Afghanistan.

Watch webinar here.

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My Voice to my Home, part 2

Part 2 of the Afghan series in collaboration with FEMENA In the second webinar of the series "My Voice to My Home", FEMENA and the Asfari Institute for Civil society and citizenship at the American university of Beirut, will be tackling the life and work of an Afghan women's rights activist: Adela Mohseni. Adela has worked on different areas regarding the prevention of child marriage, the passage of CEDAW, the passage of laws to protect women from violence, women's political participation in addition to her extensive work with women in the provinces. This webinar brings a judicial and political insight to the case of women of Afghanistan.

Watch webinar here.

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My Voice to my Home, part 1

Women of Afghanistan have passed through a long history of struggles and oppression. After August 2021 and the return of the Taliban to rule the country de facto, danger and fear circulate the future of the women and girls of Afghanistan. Those women have demands to voice and fight for, nationally and internationally. In the light of the above, The Asfari Institute for Civil society and citizenship at the American university of Beirut is pleased to collaborate with FEMENA and organize a series of webinars titled “My Voice to My Home”. This initiative plans to give Afghan activists a platform to connect with the students of AUB and advocate for their demands.
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Watch webinar here.