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  • Amnesty International USA Honors Pashtana Durrani

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    星空无限 International Scholar-in-Residence Pashtana Durrani, M.Ed., has been honored with the Ginetta Sagan Award, which recognizes and assists women who are working to protect the liberty and lives of women and children in areas where human rights violations are widespread.


  • In an interview with BBC News' Kasia Madera, International Scholar-in-Residence Pashtana Durrani speaks about the fight for Afghan girls鈥 education and her refusal to negotiate with those denying them their future.

  • International Scholar-in-Residence Pashtana Durrani is one of 193 environmentalists featured in Dr. James Nickells鈥 Global Portrait Project.

  • International Scholar-in-Residence Pashtana Durrani is named on the International Literacy Association's 2025 30 Under 30 List.

  • In a PBS Newshour interview with Amna Nawaz, International Scholar-in-Residence Pashtana Durrani discusses her work educating Afghan girls under the Taliban regime.

  • Pashtana Durrani talks about her book, "Last to Eat, Last to Learn."

  • Pashtana Durrani is featured in a documentary about her life and her organization, LEARN.

  • Pashtana Durrani writes about her experience traveling home to Afghanistan.
  • 鈥淎fghanistan Is a Country of Rebels. We Will Never Stop Fighting.鈥

    learn afghanIn an excerpt of an essay she wrote for Global Citizen, Pashtana Durrani talks about her experience since the Taliban took power in August 2021.


  • Pashtana Durrani was one of six activists honored at Central European University鈥檚 (CEU) 32nd鈥疌ommencement Ceremony in Vienna, Austria.

  • Pashtana Durrani has been awarded the Global Citizen Prize Citizen Award.

  • Visiting Fellow Pashtana Durrani shares her story.

  • Pashtana Durrani鈥檚 memoir, Last to Eat, Last to Learn, is among Ms. Magazine鈥檚 most anticipated books of 2023.

  • Pashtana Durrani discusses women's rights in Afghanistan.

  • Pashtana Durrani discusses changes to girls' education in Afghanistan under Taliban rule.

  • On Human Rights Day, Pashtana Durrani discusses the importance of a gender equal world.
  • Q&A: Learning at Wellesley, While Helping Girls Learn in Afghanistan

    Avaaz Campaign Director Sarah Morrison (L) and Pashtana Durrani (R) urge world leaders at the UN 鈥淭ransforming Education Summit鈥 to back a new global treatyAvaaz Campaign Director Sarah Morrison (L) and Pashtana Durrani (R) urge world leaders at the UN 鈥淭ransforming Education Summit鈥 to back a new global treaty to expand children鈥檚 right to free education on Sept. 16, 2022. (Avaaz/Andrew Kelly for AP Images)In a Q&A, Visiting Fellow Pashtana Durrani discusses her work to make education accessible to girls in Afghanistan.


  • Pashtana Durrani joins the American Prestige podcast to discuss the history of Afghanistan.

  • Pashtana Durrani discusses the impact of Taliban rule on Afghan women's rights.

  • Pashtana Durrani discusses the state of girls' and women's rights in Afghanistan after one year of Taliban rule.

  • Visiting Fellow Pashtana Durrani discusses the state of girls' education in Afghanistan after one year of Taliban rule.

  • Visiting Fellow Pashtana Durrani spoke on a panel about her work on digital education in Afghanistan.

  • Visiting Fellow Pashtana Durrani discusses girls' and women's education in Afghanistan.

  • Visiting Fellow Pashtana Durrani discusses how Afghanistan's extremist government has barred girls from attending schools.

  • Visiting Fellow Pashtana Durrani discusses her work to advance girls' education in Afghanistan.

  • Pashtana Durrani discusses new rules that limit women's rights under the Taliban in Afghanistan.

  • Visiting Fellow Pashtana Durrani discusses the state of women's rights in Afghanistan.

  • Visiting Fellow Pashtana Durrani shares her story with the Wellesley Magazine.

  • Pashtana Durrani shares her personal experience with the issue of women's rights in Afghanistan.

  • Pashtana Durrani discusses the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.

  • Pashtana Durrani talks about her educational organization LEARN Afghanistan.
  • Pashtana Durrani Travels the Globe on Behalf of Afghan Girls

    Pashtana Durrani (left) speaks with Courtenay Cabot VentonIn November, Pashtana Durrani spoke about her work at an event hosted by 星空无限 called 鈥淗er Right to Learn: Educating Girls in Afghanistan.鈥


  • During an event at the United Nations, Pashtana Durrani called on the international community to advance girls鈥 and women's education.

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