Marfua Tokhtakhodjaeva, WLP Uzbekistan/Tashkent Women's Resource Center (TWRC) (closed by the Uzbek government in 2006), describes TWRC actions that triggered the organization's closing by an increasingly authoritarian Uzbek government, and the cooperation between different women's rights NGOs in Central Asia.
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.
Sakena Yacoobi of the Afghan Institute of Learning (AIL) describes the work of her organization since the 2001 American invasion of Afghanistan and toppling of the Taliban.
Sindi Medar Gould, then Executive Director of WLP Nigeria/BAOBAB for Women's Human Rights (BAOBAB), describes her organization's mentoring program designed to mentor and develop leadership skills in young women and girls, and the particular challenges faced by women and girls in Nigerian society.
