Pul-E-JawanIn Afghanistan, there are a lot of organizations that are now working for the reconstruction of the country and are also supporting the most marginalized people there to get a better life. They are supporting people, especially women to fight against…
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Digital Storytelling- A story of mother
In Afghanistan health, education, opportunity and social well being indicators for women are very low. Most of the women especially mothers are subjected to domestic violence. The mothers are not free to make decisions for their children. Many mothers face difficulties…
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Digital Storytelling- Sacrifice
In Afghanistan there is a traditional practice known as ‘Baad’ for settling disputes, In Baad a young innocent girl is traded to settle a dispute for her older relatives. But Baad does not build peace, it keeps enmity open forever. The…
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Digital Storytelling- Freedom
The women in Afghanistan have strongly fought repression and challenged stereotypes. They have come forwards for their rights. With the changing time they are advancing, they are not only overcoming local male domination but also challenging their imperial hold. After years…
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Digital Storytelling- Afghan daughter
Due to increased insurgency and unstable political regimes in Afghanistan, families avoid from sending their daughters to schools. Because of social and cultural mores, parents prevent their daughters from attending school because they are afraid if they go against these…
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Digital Storytelling- Resistance
The Taliban seized the control of Herat in 1994 and then Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan in 1996 and violently plunged Afghanistan into a brutal state of totalitarian dictatorship and gender apartheid in which women and girls were stripped of…
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Digital Storytelling- A story of mother
In Afghanistan health, education, opportunity and social well being indicators for women are very low. Most of the women especially mothers are subjected to domestic violence. The mothers are not free to make decisions for their children. Many mothers face difficulties…
read moreDigital Storytelling- Sacrifice
In Afghanistan there is a traditional practice known as ‘Baad’ for settling disputes, In Baad a young innocent girl is traded to settle a dispute for her older relatives. But Baad does not build peace, it keeps enmity open forever. The…
read moreDigital Storytelling- Freedom
The women in Afghanistan have strongly fought repression and challenged stereotypes. They have come forwards for their rights. With the changing time they are advancing, they are not only overcoming local male domination but also challenging their imperial hold. After years…
read moreDigital Storytelling- Afghan daughter
Due to increased insurgency and unstable political regimes in Afghanistan, families avoid from sending their daughters to schools. Because of social and cultural mores, parents prevent their daughters from attending school because they are afraid if they go against these…
read moreDigital Storytelling- Resistance
The Taliban seized the control of Herat in 1994 and then Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan in 1996 and violently plunged Afghanistan into a brutal state of totalitarian dictatorship and gender apartheid in which women and girls were stripped of…
read more