Kiana Hayeri
Photojournalist Kiana Hayeri’s powerful documentation of women’s lives under Taliban rule sheds light on the erasure of women from public life. Here’s how you can help:
Engage
Amplify Afghan women’s stories and voices through your networks. You can follow more stories via Kiana’s platform NoWomansLand.com. The full interactive features will be launched on International Women’s Day, 8 March 2025.
Share
Situations of gender apartheid could be prosecuted as a crime against humanity if it can be recognised at an international level. Sign and share the campaign against gender apartheid: endgenderapartheid.today.
Support
Connect with organisations like the Alliance for Global Freedom of Afghanistan (AGFAF) and School of Leadership Afghanistan (SOLA) that create educational opportunities for Afghan women outside of Afghanistan; and Charmaghz that provides a network of mobile libraries for children within Afghanistan. Your involvement can help ensure these voices are heard and women and girls’ futures are secured.
About Kiana
Kiana is an Iranian-Canadian photographer and visual storyteller whose work focuses on migration, adolescence, identity and women’s experiences in conflict zones. She lived in Kabul for eight years and stayed after the Taliban’s return to power, documenting the rapidly changing social landscape for women. Kiana has received numerous prestigious awards, including being part of the team that won the Hal Boyle Award (2022) and was shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize.
Photojournalist Kiana Hayeri’s powerful documentation of women’s lives under Taliban rule sheds light on the erasure of women from public life. Here’s how you can help:
Engage
Amplify Afghan women’s stories and voices through your networks. You can follow more stories via Kiana’s platform NoWomansLand.com. The full interactive features will be launched on International Women’s Day, 8 March 2025.
Share
Situations of gender apartheid could be prosecuted as a crime against humanity if it can be recognised at an international level. Sign and share the campaign against gender apartheid: endgenderapartheid.today.
Support
Connect with organisations like the Alliance for Global Freedom of Afghanistan (AGFAF) and School of Leadership Afghanistan (SOLA) that create educational opportunities for Afghan women outside of Afghanistan; and Charmaghz that provides a network of mobile libraries for children within Afghanistan. Your involvement can help ensure these voices are heard and women and girls’ futures are secured.
About Kiana
Kiana is an Iranian-Canadian photographer and visual storyteller whose work focuses on migration, adolescence, identity and women’s experiences in conflict zones. She lived in Kabul for eight years and stayed after the Taliban’s return to power, documenting the rapidly changing social landscape for women. Kiana has received numerous prestigious awards, including being part of the team that won the Hal Boyle Award (2022) and was shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize.