I don’t want the US to bargain away my son’s future in Afghanistan (opinion)
Shaharzad Akbar, an Afghan activist, writes that as the US and Taliban get closer to finalizing a peace plan, she, like many Afghans,...
What Everyone Needs To Stop Getting Wrong About Afghanistan
Shaharzad Akbar has done more by 27 than most of us do in a lifetime, and she's determined to change the future of Afghanistan.
The Battle Against Gender Apartheid: Hope through Accountability
Four years since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the country is fading from public discourse in Europe and globally.
‘We continue working to make sure Afghan girls and women are heard and not forgotten’
CIVICUS discusses Afghanistan's system of gender apartheid with Shaharzad Akbar, Executive Director of Rawadari, a human rights organisation...
Holding the line: My personal journey of exile and resistance
The “reformed Taliban 2.0,” a version that the Americans sold before the takeover in August 2021, was a myth. They had not reformed;...
Smith Medalist Shaharzad Akbar ’09
A native of Afghanistan, Shaharzad Akbar '09 is a pioneering human rights activist dedicated to political...
Keeping Afghanistan’s gender apartheid on the map
On July 8, judges at the International Criminal Court authorized arrest warrants for two senior Taliban leaders in Afghanistan.
Fighting frustration on accountability in Afghanistan
There is no shortage of initiatives regarding justice for the many serious crimes committed in Afghanistan over at least the past 25 years.
‘I tried to commit suicide to avoid being stoned’: How to build an accusation against the Taliban regime for its persecution of women
Using testimonies from Afghan women and experts, the Permanent People's Tribunal documents how fundamentalists have established gender...
"The beating lasted three or four minutes, but after four years my body still hurts."
BarcelonaThe words of Shaharzad Akbar, director of the human rights organization Rawadari, opened the session, already making it clear that...
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Human rights lawyer and activist; former chair of Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission and advocate for women’s and civil rights.