Guardians in the Shadow: Safeguarding Women and Children Amidst Taliban Resurgence in Afghanistan

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Human Rights Sentinel conversation with Fatema Ahmadi on the suffering of the people of Afghanistan, particularly the Hazara people of Afghanistan.
Fatema D. Ahmadi is a Fellow and Adjunct Professor at American University, School of Public Affairs in Washington, DC. Ahmadi has extensive experience working with international development partnerships to enhance women's and children's rights. She worked as a Senior Peace Process at the United States Institute of Peace, led numerous projects and partner organizations for the anticipated peace process in Afghanistan. She served as a Consultant with the World Bank and International Republican Institute in Washington, DC, during the 2018-2019 Fulbright - Humphrey Fellowship and studied at the American University School of Law. Before her work in peacebuilding, Ahmadi led USAID's established program on Combatting Human Trafficking through Hagar International in Afghanistan. In this role, she spearheaded initiatives to create a national trafficking referral form and co-authored the first national training manual on Trafficking in Persons (TiP). She worked with refugee children through the Child Labor Association and the UNHCR Refugee Health Insurance project.
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