by Claire O'Regan-Reidy | Jun 21, 2026 | Suffolk University
Modern Day Scarlet Letter: Women in Afghanistan Being Shamed for Men’s Actions A 16 year old girl named Gulnaz was raped by her cousin’s husband and subsequently thrown in jail due to her own tragedy. How can this be? In Afghanistan, Gulnaz was charged with...
by Chris Merullo | Dec 11, 2022 | Suffolk University
In 1996, The Taliban emerged as the leader of Afghanistan after storming Kabul and overthrowing the Soviet-Backed president, Muhammed Najibullah. They rose to power under the promise of peace after many years of the country facing famine and drought. The Taliban stop...
by Adelia Bahtierova | Nov 22, 2022 | Suffolk University
Ala-kachuu was once a beautiful, thoughtful practice. The so-called practice right now isn’t the tradition in its proper form; it is a horrible crime masked under the title of “tradition.” I first heard of it in 2018, when 20-year-old Burulai...
by Iman Mohamed | May 5, 2021 | Georgia State University
Imagine only half of a country’s population is treated equally. Only half of the population has fair and equal access to education and fundamental human rights. Only half of the population is treated as a first-class citizen— hard to imagine, right? This is the...
by İzel Ekin Alpay | Apr 27, 2020 | Bilkent University
In 2018, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime announced the home to be the most dangerous place for women as femicides are mostly committed by their closest family, or partners.[1] However, in strange times of 2020 social distancing, self-isolation and staying at home are...
