Every classroom that opens and every business that launches is a quiet refusal to let exclusion have the final word. The women and girls of Afghanistan have not given up. Neither will we.
" Together, we can turn resources into tangible opportunities," Tawhidyar reflects. " The strongest evidence of this partnership is not only the number of of women reached but what happens afterward: women generating income, supporting their families, reinvesting in their businesses, gaining confidence, and becoming examples for others."
Khalilullah Tawhidyar pictured in both photos with 4th and 5th grade students in a CBE class in Takhar, Afghanistan
1. WADAN( The Welfare Association for the Development of Afghanistan), https:// wadan. org / 2. UNICEF,“ Restrictions on girls’ education and women’ s employment in Afghanistan could lead to a loss of over 25,000 female teachers and health workers by 2030” 2026. https:// www. unicef. org / afghanistan / press-releases / restrictions-girls-education-and-womens-employment-afghanistancould-lead-loss-over
3. UN Women – Headquarters“ FAQs: What it’ s like to be a woman in Afghanistan today” 2026. https:// www. unwomen. org / en / articles / faqs / faqsafghanistan
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