I am a feminist and a human right activist. Basically I advocate for women’s right, but also for human rights. I become engaged when I was fourteen together with an informal group of women. We started to do research about the history for women in the world and Egypt.
Read MoreI discovered the real me during the revolution. I found myself and for the first time I became me as a whole person. I was born again. When the revolution started, I discovered my strengths, ability and talents.
Read MoreUnder talibanåren 1996 till 2001 utbildades inga barnmorskor i Afghanistan. Det utbildades heller inga barnmorskor under den så kallade mujahedintiden 1992-96. När talibanstyret var över 2001 fanns endast 400 utbildade barnmorskor i hela landet på en befolkning på nästan 30 miljoner. Konsekvenserna är en förödande kvinnodöd.
Read MoreWomen in seven of the 32 Afar region’s districts have started to reassert the right to their own bodies and thereby breake an ancient tradition when they introduced zero tolerance to female genital mutilation (fgm).
Read MoreAccording to sources from pact, there are 2,500 prostitutes in Addis Ababa as of this year. This is considered a social catastrophe which prompts the spread of hiv/aids across the country and the number is increasing day by day. pact and hiwot-integrated development association have worked in partnership with sida since 2005 to find and help the young women get out of prostitution and get them back to education.
Read MoreSeveral young women are sent to the rich gulf states by their families with the hope that they will earn money to send back home. But things do not always turn out as they had hoped. Instead the young women are severely exploited and vulnerable to abuse.
Read MoreJannats graviditet var förhållandevis enkel. Bara en svag huvudvärk ibland. Det var först de sista fyra, fem dagarna som det började bli kritiskt när hela kroppen började värka. Fötterna, nacke, rygg, mage, bäckenbotten, allt.
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