Afghan Quote by Eleanor Smeal

In 2001, we were told that the war in Afghanistan was a feminist mission. The marines were liberating Afghan women from the Taliban. Can…

— Arundhati Roy

When the Taliban took over in 1996, the news of their crimes hit the Toronto papers. As a feminist and as an anti-war activist,…

— Deborah Ellis

“Women in my country take their rights for granted and completely dissociate themselves from the women's rights movement and feminism. But I think anything's…

— Cheryl Benard quoting Lorrie

I started a foundation, called The Khaled Hosseini Foundation. The mission has been to help the most vulnerable groups in Afghanistan. So the focus…

— Khaled Hosseini

“The invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq were both justified by an appeal to the emancipation of women, and the discourse of feminism was specifically…

— Nina Power

I have to say that I saw terrorists in 2002, went to Islamabad, Pakistan, and met women who were supporting this ideology. I call…

— Dalia Mogahed

“My country is still in chains of bloody and terrorist fundamentalists. The situation in Afghanistan and conditions of its ill-fated women will never change…

— Malalai Joya

I never played a part in the feminist movement - it touches me, but I am not a militant.

— Sonia Rykiel

If you go into the mainstream with a female perspective that seems to resonate with a lot of people, you have a political agenda…

— Phoebe Waller-Bridge

“Since many donor countries required development projects—from agriculture to politics—to consider specifically how the lives of Afghan women were to be improved, Kabul had…

— Jenny Nordberg

Feminism is universal. You can't just fight for one type of freedom or one type of female power. You know what? Muslim women want…

— Yuna

“I believe that feminism has become a political movement that seeks to obtain unlimited rights for woman without corresponding responsibilities via the suppression of…

— Mike Adams