Photo teken on International Women's Day in Gereshk, Helmand, AfghanistanNahr-e-Saraj is the only district in Helmand with female representation on the local District Community Council (DCC). The five female DCC members – Gulalai, Nargis, Fatima, Razia and Hadia – are vocal and active participants in DCC meetings and subcommittees, Helmand in general and Gereshk in particular have a bad reputation in Afghanistan, not least in terms of opportunities and rights for women. This makes it all the more noteworthy that real progress is in evidence in several areas. That the women of Gereshk have now been able to throw a Women’s Day celebration two years running, with hundreds of women participating, is a sign of wider changes that are no small feat – even as there’s still a long way to go.

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