On the 29th March 2017, the Farkhunda Trust, in collaboration with the SOAS Afghan Society, held the second anniversary event of the London Vigil that took place in Trafalgar Square on the same date in 2015. The main aim of the event was to raise awareness of the very issues the organisation wishes to tackle […]
The Farkhunda Trust – website launched
The Farkhunda Trust was set up in memory of Farkhunda Malikzada, whose brutal murder on the streets of Kabul in 2015 shocked the world. Its mission is to provide scholarships to women from disadvantaged backgrounds to enable them to pursue higher education and, ultimately, to contribute to shaping a progressive Afghan society. Visit The Farkhunda […]
The Farkhunda Scholarship
The Farkhunda Scholarship Founded by AMEWYS for girls and women who face violence in their communities. BACKGROUND Farkhunda was a courageous young Afghan woman with a degree in Sharia Law who was brutally murdered by a Kabul mob after pointing out how the Koran was being misinterpreted. Within minutes of being falsely accused by a […]