By Zakia Shefayee   The United Nations General Assembly named November 25 as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women in 2000. The

By Sarkash  Women’s dress, especially the hijab, is a concept that Islamic societies have long struggled with. Today, it is more a political matter rather

The following is the statement delivered by Zahra Nader, Editor in Chief of Zan Times at the UN Security Council Open Debate on Women, Peace and

By Mohammad Having grown up in a family with a single mother who took care of everything, I now think what my mother would have

By Zahra Mousawi Imagine that terrorists and fundamentalists have seized power in your country. You are a woman related to one of the previous regime’s

By Artemis Akbary The Taliban Ministry of Health has forbidden sex reassignment surgery. In late August, Qalandar Ibad, the Taliban minister, said in a press conference, “The

“I wanted to become a doctor and serve my people, but now not only can I not study, but my girlfriend and I live in

“Look—this is my daughter. She was in Taliban jail. They tortured her. They tortured her. All of you people, all of the world, is responsible,

I grew up as a refugee in Canada, hearing about beautiful Afghanistan from my parents. It is a country I could not remember because our