When justice feels distant, it is often women who bring it closer. In communities where courts are far away, stigma silences survivors, and the law feels inaccessible, access to justice depends not only on institutions, but on trusted local actors who can translate legal rights into lived protection.
Sakena Yacoobi, Executive Director of the Afghan Institute of Learning (AIL), speaks about her organization's work providing young Afghan and Pakistani women and girls with educational opportunities and leadership mentoring, and the techniques she has found to be most effective. This interview was part of a series of interviews conducted with attendees of the June 2002 Summer Roaming Institute in Potomac, MD.
This video presents Panel 1 from WLP's The World We Seek conference. Four panelists share their vision of universal human rights and how they may be achieved.
This International Day of the Girl, WLP had the honor of speaking with Zala Ahmad, advisor to WLP's Cross Border Coalitions Initiative and co-founder of Safe Path Prosperity (SPP), an incredible organization dedicated to empowering Afghan women and girls through menstrual health education and access to essential products.
