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May 7, 2023
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...
May 7, 2023
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,...
May 7, 2023
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...
May 7, 2023
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...
April 20, 2023
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,...
April 20, 2023
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...
June 30, 2022
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....
April 18, 2022
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......
December 9, 2021
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...
December 8, 2021
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...
November 22, 2021
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...
September 8, 2021
Executive Statement: 9/11 – 20 Years Later
Executive Statement: 9/11 – 20 Years Later Mourning what we lost, remembering what we gained This Saturday, September 11, 2021, America will commemorate those who lost their lives 20 years...
August 26, 2021
Update-Attack on Hamid Karzai International Airport
UPDATE: Central Asia Institute's Statement on the Attack on Hamid Karzai International Airport in Afghanistan Central Asia Institute is deeply shocked and saddened by the monstrous and unconscionable attack earlier...
August 15, 2021
[Urgent] Taliban seize control of Kabul
[Urgent] Taliban seize control of Kabul & solidify control of the country Along with so many people around the world, CAI’s staff and board are deeply distraught by the unfolding...
August 11, 2021
What’s next in Afghanistan? Answering your questions.
What's next in Afghanistan? Answering Your Questions UPDATED as of August 11, 2021 With the news of the deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan in recent weeks, many of our friends...