Press Release Mar 12, 2025 HRF celebrates the release of тАШRule Breakers,тАЩ a movie on AfghanistanтАЩs Roya Mahboob тАЬRule Breakers,тАЭ in theaters now, tells the true, inspiring story of Afghan tech entrepreneur, HRF friend, and Oslo Freedom Forum speaker Roya Mahboob, who took the great risk of teaching young girls in Afghanistan about technology and robotics.
Blog Post Sep 24, 2023 International Day of Education: An Afghan WomanтАЩs Crime to Learn The right to education тАФ to learn, to be curious, to explore the past and present freely тАФ is critical to the development of individuals, civil societies, and nations as a whole. A robust and fair education system transforms societies for the better. In fact, education and democracy are considered highly correlated and intertwined.
Blog Post Dec 21, 2022 Champion of Freedom: The Fearless Women of Iran & Afghanistan The condition of women and girls is a significant indicator of the democratic status of a country and 2022 proved that, in many places around the globe, the diagnosis isnтАЩt good: The systematic assault on womenтАЩs rights under authoritarian regimes was illuminated time and again, especially in the Middle East and South Asia.
Blog Post Aug 30, 2022 No Girl Left Behind: A Year of HRF’s Commitment to the People of Afghanistan Around this time last year, amid the waning summer and an otherwise hopeful moment of revival in the post-pandemic year, the world witnessed a cataclysmic event: the United StatesтАЩ formal military withdrawal from Afghanistan.
