Entries from The WIP Contributors tagged with 'Afghanistan'
Green Scarves for Solidarity with Afghan Women
by Kate Hughes -UK- Ten years ago, Afghan women were promised a bright future. After decades of civil war, and repressive Taliban rule, they entered a new era in which they were once again able to work, send their daughters...
Hell and Back Again Brings Home The Psychological Devastation of War
by Alexandra Marie Daniels -USA- This week marks the 10th anniversary of the war in Afghanistan. For most of us, this is a relatively insignificant fact in our daily lives. We acknowledge our military as distant heroes, doing important work...
Young Women Launch Afghanistan’s First Anti-Street Harassment Campaign
by Holly Kearl -USA- Carrying banners and signs with messages like, “We will not tolerate harassment,” “Islam forbids men from insulting women,” and “I have the right to walk freely in my city,” on July 14, 50 brave women and...
Investing where it Matters: Promoting Girl’s Education in Afghanistan
by Louise Hancock -Afghanistan- Nazifa is typical of millions of Afghan girls. She was forced to drop out of school as a teenager when the Taliban came to power and began to close down girls’ schools. For three years, she...
Civilians' Key Role in Afghanistan Strategy
by Heidi K. Zirtzlaff -USA- On Saturday, the Washington Post reported that US President Barack Obama remains committed to his strategy in Afghanistan and that no major changes will be announced in his upcoming December review. A senior administration official...
Violence Breeds Violence: “Afghanistan without bombs and burqas”
by Wazhmah Osman - Afghanistan/USA - Today Afghanistan finds itself in a state of collapse and at the center of a powerful network of global terrorism. Kabul is a city filled with anxiety, insecurity, instability, trauma, and uncertainty; lost souls...
Dancing The Divide: Interview with Pakistani Peacemaker Sheema Kermani
by Aditi Bhaduri - India - With her large flashing eyes rimmed with kohl and flowing hair, she is the quintessential dancer. Despite her chain-smoking, she is the picture of health and surprisingly agile. But then again, she has been...
Veteran Suicides: The Toll of Service and Search for Answers
by Melissa Hahn - USA - In the USA, Memorial Day is to honor America's war dead. In recognition of Memorial Day, The WIP is re-featuring Melissa Hahn's February article on veteran suicides. These very brave men and women should...
Afghanistan: Vultures in the “Graveyard of Empires”
by Wazhmah Osman - Afghanistan - While reports of systemic corruption and fraud are just beginning to surface in the international press as Western governments are becoming aware of it, this is old news to local Afghans. They know that...
Another 5 years of Karzai: An Afghan-American Perspective from Kabul
by Wazhmah Osman - Afghanistan/USA - I was born in Kabul, Afghanistan during the good years, in the early seventies. Among my fondest memories is walking to and from school holding the hand of my stylish mother who was then...
India Braces for US Pressure on Afghanistan and Kashmir
by Aditi Bhaduri - India - As US President Barack Obama commits a troops increase in Afghanistan and a recognition of the “good Taliban,” and as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton paves the way for India’s nuclear energy program, many...
Ramadan: A Time for Peace or Another Month of War?
by Patricia DeGennaro - USA - After being embroiled in years of war in Iraq and Afghanistan, most Americans have now heard of Islam’s holiest month, Ramadan, which began on August 22nd this year. (Note: Ramadan is based on the...
Remote Warfare Radically Changes the Front Lines
by Kimberly N. Chase - USA - In ancient times, warriors could look one another in the eye on the battlefield. War was fought with minimal weaponry, a person-to-person test of bravery and strength. Battlefields were clearly demarcated, extending only...
Women in Media: The Value of Women’s Stories and Perspectives
An Online Community Chat with Carol Jenkins
and Patricia DeGennaro
by Katharine Daniels Executive Editor, The WIP - USA - The WIP launched in 2007 on International Women’s Day, a commemorative day that marks the centuries-old struggle women have faced to participate in society on equal footing with men. The...
Empowerment for Peace: Afghanistan’s Unlikely Presidential Candidate
by Abigail Wendle - USA - When Hamid Karzai became Afghanistan’s first democratically elected president in 2004, the new government established a constitution that proclaimed equality for men and women, promising to enforce international standards of human rights. But throughout...
Afghan Star: Afghanistan’s American Idol
by Jessica Mosby - USA - American Idol in Afghanistan? Seriously? Afghanistan’s first competition/reality show, Afghan Star, is arguably the most popular – and controversial – television program in Afghanistan. Eleven million people, or one-third of the country, tuned in...
Will NATO Agree to Stabilize Afghanistan?
by Patricia DeGennaro - USA - This year, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization celebrates its 60th birthday. President Obama will take his first European trip since the presidential campaign to meet NATO’s twenty-six members. While there, he’ll have to pinch...
From Iraq to Afghanistan: Out of One Occupation and into Another
by Patricia DeGennaro - USA - Barack Obama promised Americans that he would move to withdraw American troops from Iraq once he takes office as President of the United States. As troops were “freed” from that war, he would send...
The Granny Peace Brigade Campaigns to Close All US Military Bases - in Latin America and Around the World
by Nancy Van Ness - USA - Their hats adorned with artificial flowers identify them at many of the protests in which I participate. The Grannies also show up on New York City's Union Square to sing their signature anti-war...
Peace Activist Cindy Sheehan Seeks to Unseat Nancy Pelosi for Betraying the Constitution
by Jennifer Fenton - USA - Imagine what would happen if the nations of the world spent as much on development as on building machines of war. Imagine a world where every human being would live in freedom and dignity....
Islam and Democracy: Why Military Solutions Won't Solve Political Problems
by Beena Sarwar - Pakistan - President Pervez Musharraf's resignation from office on August 18th under intense pressure has raised questions, particularly in the West, about the future of Pakistan's "war on terror". The following article takes a historic and...
Barack Obama in Berlin: Germany Meets US Superstar
by Vera von Kreutzbruck - Germany - Barack Obama cast a spell on Germany. Even weeks before his visit to Berlin on July 24th, he dominated the headlines and was the talk of the capital city. Then, after much anticipation,...
The Beauty Academy of Kabul
by Jessica Mosby - USA - When thinking of Afghanistan, it is difficult not to be overwhelmed by despair. Violence claimed over 6,000 lives in 2007 alone. The quality of life for women continues to decline as a result of...
Postcards From Tora Bora: Looking for the Afghanistan of Yesterday in the Ruins of Today
by Jessica Mosby USA When you think of Afghanistan, smiling women in shift dresses attending college is not the first image that comes to mind. Decades of violence has devastated the country, leaving little more than bomb craters, crumbling buildings,...
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