Our Afghan filmmakers-journalists-humanitarians terrified and at Kabul airport as Taliban take control

Aug 16, 2021

[Ed. Note 08/10: The last names and images of Afghans have been removed from csfilm.org due to the colapsed security situation in Afghanistan.] Update on the rapid gains of the Taliban and its impact on filmmakers and others that have worked with CSFilm: The horror of...

“Soon you are married to a member of the Taliban…” Aqeela’s Story, Afghanistan-LookListenLocal

Aug 13, 2021

Afghanistan-LookListenLocal amplifies Afghan voices and experiences as the international community leaves the country and the Taliban dominates the battlefront. The project will include new videos, photos and written stories by Afghans. This is the second in a series...

ON THE MEDIA, ON AFGHANISTAN | Handing the microphone to Afghan women

May 13, 2021

Four Afghan women were killed in as many days in March 2021 – targeted for being women working in television and in medicine. As Afghanistan’s peace process is marked by increasing violence, BBC Media Action held remarkable sessions of their Open Jirga and...

ON AFGHANISTAN | ‘Violence starts at home’: the Afghan women tackling domestic abuse at its source

Feb 1, 2021

A new women-led initiative in Afghanistan is working to break down the barriers to help both victims and perpetrators Source: The Guardian, Stefanie Glinski in Kabul, 1/29/21 ‘Violence starts at home’: the Afghan women tackling domestic abuse at its...

AFGHANISTAN: Thanks to this Afghan woman, 6,000 imams have taken gender-sensitivity training – CSMonitor.com

Jan 14, 2017

Jamila Afghani, who has battled discrimination since childhood, uses Islam to empower women in Afghanistan. She is committed to continuing the work despite threats and other obstacles. Today, according to Afghani, about 20 percent of Kabul’s mosques have special...