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Merging health education and television to make learning accessible for Afghan girls
Marina
Merging health education and television to make learning accessible for Afghan girls
Marina

When the Taliban took over in August 2021, Marina witnessed the targeted destruction of Afghan girls' and women's rights, especially in education. She found her passion in teaching other girls. First, by creating educational videos through her YouTube channel, then through Begum Organisation for Women. By producing videos for Begum TV,  she helps girls continue their secondary education

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Marina
Girls’ stories are moving to Malala Fund’s website
Imani White
Girls’ stories are moving to Malala Fund’s website
Imani White

As we bring in the new year, I know each of you will continue to inspire change and champion girls’ rights fearlessly. Remember: there is power in your collective voice as young women and nothing can take that away from you. 

Goodbye from Assembly 👋💛👋

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Imani White
Being Deaf in Ethiopia impacted my education and now I strive for accessibility in the classroom
Betty Shitahun
Being Deaf in Ethiopia impacted my education and now I strive for accessibility in the classroom
Betty Shitahun

Betty Shitahun, 25, reflects on her journey as a deaf rights activist in Ethiopia and how she's carved out space for girls just like her with Roots and Wings ELIXIR, a Malala Fund-supported organisation. 

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Betty Shitahun
If you could time travel 100 years from now, what would you want to see in the world you’re arriving in?
Chisom Onyekwere
If you could time travel 100 years from now, what would you want to see in the world you’re arriving in?
Chisom Onyekwere

In Assembly’s “Around the world” series, girls sound off on the topics that matter to them.

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Chisom Onyekwere
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Merging health education and television to make learning accessible for Afghan girls
Marina
Merging health education and television to make learning accessible for Afghan girls
Marina

When the Taliban took over in August 2021, Marina witnessed the targeted destruction of Afghan girls' and women's rights, especially in education. She found her passion in teaching other girls. First, by creating educational videos through her YouTube channel, then through Begum Organisation for Women. By producing videos for Begum TV,  she helps girls continue their secondary education

Read more →
Marina
Girls’ stories are moving to Malala Fund’s website
Imani White
Girls’ stories are moving to Malala Fund’s website
Imani White

As we bring in the new year, I know each of you will continue to inspire change and champion girls’ rights fearlessly. Remember: there is power in your collective voice as young women and nothing can take that away from you. 

Goodbye from Assembly 👋💛👋

Read more →
Imani White
Being Deaf in Ethiopia impacted my education and now I strive for accessibility in the classroom
Betty Shitahun
Being Deaf in Ethiopia impacted my education and now I strive for accessibility in the classroom
Betty Shitahun

Betty Shitahun, 25, reflects on her journey as a deaf rights activist in Ethiopia and how she's carved out space for girls just like her with Roots and Wings ELIXIR, a Malala Fund-supported organisation. 

Read more →
Betty Shitahun
If you could time travel 100 years from now, what would you want to see in the world you’re arriving in?
Chisom Onyekwere
If you could time travel 100 years from now, what would you want to see in the world you’re arriving in?
Chisom Onyekwere

In Assembly’s “Around the world” series, girls sound off on the topics that matter to them.

Read more →
Chisom Onyekwere

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Afghan voices

 

Learn from the young women on the front lines of fighting gender apartheid.

From becoming a tailor to teaching other girls in secret, Afghan girls share their lives under Taliban rule.

Thousands of girls across Afghanistan have been denied the right to learn. Collaborating with organisations like  Begum Organisation for Women —Malala Fund is helping restore not just education, but dreams, ensuring Afghan girls continue to learn despite the enormous challenges they face.

Firuze documents everything about life in Afghanistan — from how girls and women live their lives to how people continue to find joy despite Taliban rule.

Amina, a 15-year-old Afghan student, interviews her dad about his role in her education, their hopes for Afghan girls’ future and what Father’s Day means in a country where girls cannot attend secondary school.

Malala makes it an annual tradition to meet girls all around the world on her birthday. This year, she visited Harrow High, a secondary school in London, to speak to Afghan girls about their journey to the U.K. and their hopes for girls in Afghanistan. Meet three girls who shared their stories at this year’s Malala Day event.

Amid fear and uncertainty, here’s what is keeping young women hopeful about their education and future three years after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan.