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PROFILE: Mina Sherzoy CAI Board Member
PROFILE: Mina Sherzoy CAI Board Member CAI Board member Mina Sherzoy has never been one to shy away from a challenge. From empowering Afghan women to pursuing a career in...
Scholarship Spotlight on Afsona
Scholarship Spotlight on Afsona By Libby DaghlianFor more than 20 years, Central Asia Institute has supported students in Tajikistan with scholarships to continue their higher education studies. Falling under the...
Early Learning in Pakistan
Early Learning in Pakistan By Libby Daghlian Nestled in the breathtaking mountains of Pakistan’s Gilgit-Baltistan region, the city of Dain is home to a thoughtful young preschooler named Moheed.Coming from...
Building a bright future
Building a bright future By Libby DaghlianImagine the start of a perfect school day. You might envision the faces of smiling children waving goodbye to their parents. There might be...
Tracking Women’s Rights in Afghanistan: A Timeline
Tracking Women’s Rights in Afghanistan: A Timeline Shortly after seizing power on August 15, 2021, the Taliban announced, “We are going to allow women to study and work within our...
Afghans Hold On to Hope and Ask the World to Do the Same
Afghans Hold On to Hope and Ask the World to Do the Same By Molly ShapiroWhen the United States withdrew from Afghanistan in August 2021 and the Taliban took over,...
Pakistan: From CAI Graduate to CAI Teacher
Pakistan: From CAI Graduate to CAI Teacher By Shahzadi Imrana Jalil, Moawin Foundation When Ayub was a boy living in Haiderabad, a remote village in the mountainous Gilgit-Baltistan region of...
Be a Force for Education
Be a Force for Education. Create a Legacy Today! By Marianne Monoc Imagine a world in which women and girls have the education and skills to unlock their full potential...
Ramadan Mubarak 2023
Ramadan Mubarak During Ramadan 2023, Central Asia Institute partners, staff, and program participants shared their reflections on the holiday. From finding strength in fasting to putting more passion into work,...
The promise of an education
The promise of an education: Gul Naz starts second grade For eight-year-old Gul Naz, the thawing of winter in her remote Afghan village meant more than just warmer days ahead—it...
Afghanistan Update: Making Education Possible – One Girl at a Time
Afghanistan Update: Making Education Possible – One Girl at a Time The news stories from Afghanistan continue to be grim. Growing poverty and hunger. Increasing repression of women and girls....
Fighting the odds: new programs keep education alive for Afghan girls
Fighting the odds: new programs keep education alive for Afghan girls Take a moment and imagine what it’s like to be a girl or young woman living in Afghanistan today......
Women’s education and CAI programming: What does the future hold?
Women’s education and CAI programming: What does the future hold? Updated December 9, 2021 In the past several months, many of you have contacted us to ask pressing questions. What’s...
Your Dollars at Work in Afghanistan
Your dollars at work in Afghanistan It’s been nearly four months since the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, and the Afghan people continue to face incomprehensible hardship and an uncertain future. With...
Together, we turned Giving Tuesday into Teacher Tuesday
Together, we turned Giving Tuesday into Teacher Tuesday When Umeed Primary School in remote Pakistan ran into financial difficulty, Ghulam Nabi continued teaching. For nearly a year, he worked without...