Sahar Halaimzai
@SHalaimzai
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Writer. Senior Director @malalafund | Fellow @civ_engagement @lseideas Trustee @CounterArts Winner LND Writers Award @STWevents
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Joined February 2019
What’s often missing from discussion about Afghanistan is a critical look at how two decades of international presence led to the harsh reality Afghan women & girls face today. None of this was inevitable; it was man-made. https://t.co/8MPtaqfdt8
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Incoming! Three months on from THAT Glasto performance Bobby Vylan, frontman of MOBO award-winning duo Bob Vylan, is on TLTP to discuss his politics, his music, his life, Chuck D, UK supermarkets, and what he was thinking when he led the chant that launched a thousand headlines.
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When leaders can systematically erase girls and women from society without consequences, we're all at risk. At Malta's U.N. Mission, activists, artists and advocates came together to call out the Taliban’s system of repression for what it is: gender apartheid as a crime against
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The latest WCRAN report, "A Generation Denied: Case Studies on the Consequences of the Education Ban on School-Girls in Afghanistan," exposes the devastating human, social, and psychological impacts of the Taliban’s education ban on Afghanistan's girls. This cruel policy has
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Day: 1488 🏫 Day: 1028 🎓 🇦🇫 “ ..So Afghan women and girls are holding the line for everyone…”-@SHalaimzai
#RecogniseGenderApartheid
#ACrimeAgainstHumanity
#LetAfghanGirlsLearn
What is happening in Afghanistan is a warning to the world. Afghan women hold the line for all of us. At the People’s Tribunal in Madrid, their testimonies became legal evidence as proof of Taliban’s state-led campaign of gender persecution. The final verdict is expected in two
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A reflection on People's Tribunal for Women of Afghanistan @AfgPpt after two days of hearings by Azada Raz Mohammad and I, moderated by @rachelreid6. Why the tribunal? What it meant for survivors & people of Afghanistan and what next? Thanks to @CasaAsia for hosting.
🎥 Ya puedes ver el vídeo completo de la mesa redonda sobre el Tribunal del Pueblo para las Mujeres de #Afganistán que coorganizamos junto con @Casaarabe Con la participación de Azadah Raz Mohammad y @ShaharzadAkbar, dos referentes internacionales en la defensa de los #DDHH y
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What is happening in Afghanistan is a warning to the world. Afghan women hold the line for all of us. At the People’s Tribunal in Madrid, their testimonies became legal evidence as proof of Taliban’s state-led campaign of gender persecution. The final verdict is expected in two
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سپاس از شهرزاد اکبر، مدیر اجرایی نهاد @rawadari_org، قاضیان و همه‌ی زنانی که با حضور و شهادت‌شان، نخستین دادگاه مردمیِ زنان افغانستان را ممکن کردند.
افتخار می کنم که در دادگاه مردمی برای زنان افغانستان چهار تن از بهترین های وطن را به عنوان دادستان/سارنوال ��اریم: داکتر بنفشه یعقوبی، داکتر اورزلا نعمت، آزاده راز محمد،داکتر محب مدثر. تعهد، تخصص و تجربه شان مثال زدنی است و در چند ماه گذشته تلاش خستگی ناپذیر شان مایه الهام‌ما بود
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The People’s Tribunal for Women of Afghanistan held in Madrid from October 8–10, 2025, issued a preliminary statement by a panel of judges.
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Also surprised that the male journalists did not choose to walk out of this press meet that banned women. That solidarity with their women colleagues would have been a powerful message to both the Taliban regime and our government
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After two days, let us applaud the prosecutors for their courage and commitment to justice and carrying the voices and testimonies of the witnesses with strength and integrity. @AfgPpt @MalalaFund
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I had the pleasure of organising a special UK Parliamentary screening of the powerful new feature film Rule Breakers, hosted by @AliceMLabour last week. We were delighted to be joined by the Minister for Faith and Communities, @LordWajidKhan , who delivered welcoming remarks
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Wheelchair-bound RAF Veterans & elderly lady vicars arrested, while Israeli President Herzog, who has issued a steam of genocidal comments against Palestinian civilians & is specifically named in the @CIJ_ICJ Israel genocide case, is invited to meet Labour ministers
Steve is an RAF veteran. Here’s his arrest by the @metpoliceuk as he holds a paper sign in London today. @novaramedia
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I actually don't think that's enough flags. Why does Yvette Cooper hate this country so much?
Asked if she's got a flag on display in her home, the Home Secretary says she has Union Jack bunting, St Georges flags, St Georges bunting, and Union Jack flags and tablecloths.
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There's always a tweet. This from 2018, when Yvette Cooper still had a backbone.
Truly, truly shocking. Home Office lawyers appear to have deliberately advised against giving child & teen refugees in France the reasons why they were refused family reunion with relatives in UK to prevent them appealing against decision. Level of inhumanity in this is appalling
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My heart breaks for the victims of the earthquake in Eastern Afghanistan which has claimed so many lives and left many more injured and displaced. I call on the international community to support humanitarian efforts and help survivors with urgently needed shelter, medical
I stand in full solidarity with the people of Afghanistan after the devastating earthquake that hit the country earlier today. I extend my deepest condolences to the families of the victims and wish a speedy recovery to those injured. The @UN team in Afghanistan is mobilized
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"Our partners are building power in the face of unimaginable repression. This is a movement for liberation and we are standing with it every step of the way." — Sahar Halaimzai, Senior Director of Malala Fund's Afghanistan Initiative. Learn more:
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New and expanded grants are funding Afghan-led efforts to provide alternative learning for girls and dismantle gender apartheid.
For four years, Afghan girls and women have led a liberation movement — fighting to end gender apartheid through classrooms, courtrooms and coalitions. @MalalaFund is continuing to back this fight with $3 million in grants to keep girls learning and defend their rights. Learn
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Genocide
Life expectancy over time in Gaza, along with four other countries that experienced wars in recent decades.
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ENTREVISTA | Sahar Halaimzai, la activista que busca llevar a los talibanes a la justicia por apartheid de género en Afganistán https://t.co/lMAEX8WD2e
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Cuatro años después de la toma talibán de Afganistán, la activista británico-afgana Sahar Halaimzai explica a elDiario.es la campaña liderada por el Fondo Malala para codificar el apartheid de género...
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‘A gender apartheid is taking place’ Four years on from the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, Christiane and Jamie ask - what is the current situation in Afghanistan like for the people still living there? @amanpour @JamesP_Rubin @globalplayer
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Aug 15 will mark 4 years since the Taliban’s return to power. Headlines are focusing on the humanitarian tragedy — but that’s only part of the story. Read more here: https://t.co/W5ZaCIW8cN 🇦🇫
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As the Taliban cements its system of gender apartheid in Afghanistan, Malala Fund’s Gaisu Yari shares how girls and women have transformed their grief into a liberation movement.
For 4 years, Afghan girls & women have fearlessly fought to hold the Taliban accountable — protesting, organising and advocating at great personal risk. Their resistance is reshaping international law, influencing world leaders & building momentum to codify gender apartheid as a
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