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This video delves into the intricate embroidery traditions passed down through generations of women in the Gandhara region. More than just a craft, embroidery is a form of social bonding, where women gather after daily chores to sew, sing, and share stories – often finishing each other’s work. Seasonal garments like embroidered ‘palos’ and salampur […]
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Afghanistan: Researching Shifting Landscapes (2019–2024) follows the work of the Afghan Solidarity Coalition, a global partnership of scholars and practitioners, and the resilient women artisans of Afghanistan as they navigate profound environmental, social, and economic changes. Through these intimate vignettes, woven together by a dedication to women’s peace, participation, and cultural heritage, the documentary reveals […]
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People on the Move is a short animated film from the Gender, Justice, and Security Hub that synthesises field research in Afghanistan conducted between 2019 and 2024. It outlines the Hub’s mandate to document conflict, discrimination and violence against marginalised communities, demonstrates how political instability and repeated crises create a self-perpetuating cycle of local conflict, […]
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In this video, Afghan refugee children reflect on their disrupted education during COVID-19 and how the Sikhao Saathi program helped them get back to learning. Despite lacking Pakistani ID cards, many have rejoined government schools – some already in Grade 6 – and even discovered a passion for teaching. They share the ongoing challenges of […]
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This session of the UK House of Commons Defence Committee explored the UK’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, the collapse of the Afghan government, and the performance of the Afghanistan Citizens’ Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) and ARAP (Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy). Key points raised included: Click the image below to watch the full video, or follow this […]
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Dr Neelam Raina and Professor Brad Blitz give evidence on the UK’s withdrawal from Afghanistan to the Defence Select Committee. They discuss the work the Afghanistan Solidarity Coalition has done to evacuate at-risk Afghans, the urgent need for the UK Government to evacuate those who are at-risk for their work on UK funded programmes, the […]
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Migration is not a one-way street. Recent years have seen increasing transnational mobility and return migration, involving the rapid development of transport and communication technologies, the relative improvement of political and economic situations in the migrants’ homeland as well as anti-migration hostility and the exclusion of incoming people from the labour market in settlement countries. […]