ABOUT PASHTANA
Pashtana Durrani is a visiting fellow at the Wellesley Centers for Women and a Graduate Student at HARVARD. She is an Afghan human rights activist and community development expert whose focus is girls’ education. During her time at WCW, she is continuing her research to help Afghan women and girls pursue education and support the health of Afghan mothers and Infants.
Durrani is the founder of LEARN Afghanistan (@LearnAfg), a grassroots organization established to safely and securely provide education to girls through a distributed network of tablet computers using an offline platform. Through LEARN, she has educated 8,000 girls and boys in Kandahar, Afghanistan, and trained more than 80 teachers in digital literacy. LEARN also focuses on girls’ health and has trained 700 girls in menstrual hygiene management.
A lifelong learner, Durrani believes in individual and community strengths and people's innate ability to improve their lives
Activism & Writing
After High School Pashtana Started Activism and Writing on Refugee Issues.
Learn Afghanistan
Pashtana Founder of Learn Afghanistan a gross root organization, established to Provide Education to Afghan girls.
Digital Schools In Afghanistan
On 15-08-2021, the Taliban took over Afghanistan and banned girls from Education. Pashtana started first in-person and Digital School in Afghanistan
Wellesley & HaRvard
Pashtana Durrani is a visiting fellow at Wellesley Centers for Women. Moreover, She is a graduate student at the Harvard School of Education, Studying Education Policy Analysis.
Global Citizen Award for Human Right 2023
Pashtana’s Achievements and Awards
Young Activists summit 2022
Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Award 2023
CEO open society prize 2023
