In 2007 when the Tehrik-e-Taliban forces marched into the town of Swat, the rest of Pakistan watched, aghast and unbelieving. The town was very popular as a tourist destination, its verdant foothills studded with picturesque dwellings: a lush and cool getaway from the sun-baked plains of the rest of the country. Within days signs appeared […]
Malala Yousafzai
Arrests Made in Shooting of Malala Yousufzai
UPDATE: Malala Yousufzai has been flown by air ambulance to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, UK, a prime trauma center for military casualties. Yesterday, in Karachi, an estimated 10,000 people rallied in support of the injured girl. Pakistani police are moving quickly in finding the individuals responsible for the assassination attempt of Malala Yousufzai. They’ve […]
Where Are the Global Girl Activists? Don’t Ask
Where are the young women in the fight for global women’s rights? Don’t ask me this stupid question today. Most days I could calmly and politely explain to you where and how young women are doing this work. How it looks different than it did before, that the keywords are different and much of the […]