Stealth Sisters & Threads of Hope: Sahar Provides Underground Education for Women with Shogofa Amini
When the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan, it again banned formal education for girls above 6th grade. Sahar is a Seattle-based non-profit that exists to find innovative ways to promote girls' access to education in Afghanistan by partnering with grassroots, locally-based organizations to create educational opportunities and safe learning spaces for girls and women, empowering and inspiring children and their families to build peaceful, thriving communities.
Speaker Shogofa Amini, a native of Mazar-e-sharif, is the Program Manager of Sahar. She is an award-winning women's rights activist and holds degrees in International Relations and Global Health. She will talk about her program's work, as well as her own journey under the Taliban.