My colleagues who work in Afghanistan have an up-close perspective on one of the most dangerous places in the world to give birth. In a country where maternal mortality is at an estimated 1800 women per 100,000 live births, Micah and…
As we prepare for International Women’s Day, join Women of Vision and our partner Women and Girls Lead for an online social screening of I Was Worth 50 Sheep, which follows a girl in Afghanistan who was sold into child…
In Afghanistan, less than half of girls receive a primary school education. In October, the director of Afghan Connection is meeting with the Afghanistan Minister of Education and is willing to take questions from Women of Vision! Please leave your questions in…
From World Vision, by Chris Weeks, World Vision communications officer in the United Kingdom: Working at the only neonatal unit in Herat province, Afghanistan, midwife Sudina Hossini is all too aware of her responsibilities. Before she has time to answer…
We were excited to read the recent New York Times editorial “The Women of Afghanistan” which highlights the plight of women in that area. Though some advances in gender equality have been made, Afghan women remain highly vulnerable. World Vision began…
A baby girl was placed outside the hut, where her mom spent 30+ hours in labor, minutes after her birth. Overwhelmed with disappointment that their new daughter was not a son, the parents felt that by wrapping her in a cloth and…
ITVS is hosting an exciting online event on June 13 at 1-2pm PT / 4-5pm ET to screen the film Motherland Afghanistan. The event will use an online social screening platform that includes a live chat with two distinguished panelists: Laurette…
From The Guardian UK: ”Afghanistan is a tough place to be a woman. Conflict and cultural repression have denied many education and careers, and affected their safety. But less than a year after its opening, 900 women have enrolled on courses…
We’re excited to share with you the International Museum of Women’s newest exhibition MAMA: Motherhood Around the Globe. This online exhibition of global art, voices and ideas seek to inspire and connect women on issues that matter to mothers around the world. Each…
From GOOD: “When Connie Duckworth flew into Kabul for the first time in 2003, the city below “looked like Berlin after World War II,” she says. Since that visit with the U.S.-Afghan Women’s Council—a non-partisan initiative tasked with supporting Afghan women—Duckworth…
