Education is young Afghans weapon to shape a different country | Hadia Ibrahim Khel | TEDxVarese

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Imagine what it would feel like to be banned from education. Not being able to travel, read, hang out with your friend, speak your mind. Imagine what it would feel like to be unable to do all the above, just because you were born a woman in Afghanistan. Hadia, a brave 22-year-old activist fleeing from Talibans, tells her story to denounce the ongoing violence and violations of women’s rights in her country. She does so with the hope that her generation will one day restore freedom in her beloved Afghanistan, and encourages everyone to break the silence and support the struggle of all the Afghan women and girls with all the means we dispose of.

Immaginate di non avere accesso all'istruzione, di non poter viaggiare, leggere, uscire con gli amici, o esprimere un’opinione. Tutto questo, per la colpa di essere una donna e di essere nata in Afghanistan. Hadia, coraggiosa attivista in fuga dai talebani, ci racconta la sua storia per denunciare le continue violenze e violazioni dei diritti delle donne nel suo paese. Con il suo appello, rinnova la speranza che un giorno la sua generazione riporterà la libertà nel suo amato Afghanistan, e ci incoraggia a rompere il silenzio e a sostenere la loro lotta e quella di tutte le donne con tutti i mezzi che abbiamo.

Hadia Ibrahim Khel is a 22-year-old graduate student of International Masters in Anti Corruption at IACA. She holds a bachelor degree in Economics at Kabul University.
She is a Human Rights Defender, a Global Peace Ambassador, author of many published research papers and a storyteller. She has been actively participating in youth involvement programs for peacekeeping and she led several awareness campaigns about peace and stability. In the past few years, she has consistently engaged in national and international debates as a Women Rights Defender. She worked as librarian to Kabul University, as a Coordinator of Cultural programs in LLCKU US embassy’s public affairs, a freelance journalist and social media specialist with SRK foundation in US and recently as crowdfunding campaign manager with humanitarian NGOs in Afghanistan. She has been researching, surveying and advising for women’s rights for over six years, helping hundreds of people with her actions. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx