Women in Afghanistan rise up in protest against war - Lacuna Magazine

Women in Afghanistan rise up in protest against war

Scores of white peace doves sit on the red ground while others are taking to the blue sky as a man raises his arms in the background at the historic Hazrat-i-Ali mosque, in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan.

Women in Afghanistan have been devastated by conflict, but a new wave of female peace activists believe women can play a central role in ending decades of war.