DoomsdaysCW<p>'Don't forget us': Teenage <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/refugee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>refugee</span></a> reminds Gen Z of silenced <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Afghan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Afghan</span></a> girls</p><p>Flora Drury, November 23, 2024</p><p>"Nila's is, perhaps, not an easy task. The plight of Afghanistan's women and girls can feel a world away to young people living in Canada, where Nila found a home after fleeing her home country as the Taliban took over three years ago.</p><p>"In that time, the Taliban have banned teenage girls from education, banned women from travelling long distances without a male chaperone, and now ordered them to keep their voices down in public - effectively silencing half the population.</p><p>"The Taliban have defended the rulings to the BBC previously by saying they align with religious texts.</p><p>"'The differences [between Afghanistan and Canada] are vast, so it makes it hard for them to feel connected,' acknowledges Nila.</p><p>"That is why she helped set up HerStory - a place where she and others help share the stories of Afghan women and girls in their own words, both inside and out of the country.</p><p>"'So many times we are lost in the differences that we don't see the similarities and that's our goal, to show that to the world.'"</p><p>"Nila Ibrahim was chosen from 165 nominees as the 20th winner of the prestigious prize.</p><p>"The award recognises not just the work done on HerStory, but also her passion for standing up for women's rights in Afghanistan.</p><p>"Nila's first stand for women's rights came in March 2021, when she joined other young Afghan girls in sharing a video of her singing online.</p><p>"It was a small but powerful protest against a decree by the then-director of education in the Afghan capital, Kabul, who tried to ban girls over 12 singing in public. The attempted order was never implemented."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgz55wn0g6o" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgz55</span><span class="invisible">wn0g6o</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Afghanistan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Afghanistan</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WomensRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomensRights</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WomenAndGirls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomenAndGirls</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Taliban" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Taliban</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Kabul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kabul</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NiliaIbrahami" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NiliaIbrahami</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GenZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenZ</span></a></p>