women-youth · 2026 context
Why Women’s Learning Spaces Matter Now
The next phase is shaped by the reality that Afghan girls remain barred from formal education beyond Grade 6 and women from university. Rise to Peace’s women-focused work is designed around preserving locally viable spaces for learning, peer support, skills, leadership and economic participation.
The story
What happened—and what it changed.
Community work tested a simple proposition: peace also depends on whether people can learn, earn, participate and imagine a future within their own communities.
