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An adult literacy class, at Dust-e-Noor neighborhood, in Mazar-e-Sharif, in the northern province of Balkh. Dari is the Afghan dialect of the Persian or Farsi language. A total of 50 women attend the literacy centre, one of 7,000 such centers in the province. Nationwide, 48,000 women participate in the literacy program. Afghanistan. June 28, 2007. (Photo by: Majority World/UIG via Getty Images)
February 12, 2015

Economic Opportunity for Women in Rural Afghanistan: A Survivor Story

By: Jane Mosbacher Morris

By Jane Mosbacher Morris Originally posted by TO THE MARKET in the HuffPost Impact Blog here. ARZU means “hope” in Dari, one of Afghanistan’s official languages. For the female employees of…
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Female combatants are rising
September 17, 2014

Female Combatants: The Dark Side of Women’s Power

By: Jane Mosbacher Morris

  Does the image of a female terrorist leave you glued to the TV?  Don’t let it—that’s what they want. Terrorist organizations often use the shock value of a female…
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