2024 PRESS HIGHLIGHTS
BU Today: We Will Not Remain Silent
United Nations: UN experts urge immediate release of Afghan rights defender
Atlantic Council: Inside Afghanistan’s gender apartheid
Amnesty International: Education activists arbitrarily detained: Ahmad Fahim Azimi and Seddiqullah Afghan
2023 PRESS HIGHLIGHTS
BBC: Afghanistan’s female robot builders win 2nd place among 190 countries in international competition
TOLO: Amiri Urges Investment in Female Education in Afghanistan
PBS: Roya Mahboob discusses the decimation of women’s rights after two years of Taliban rule.
Virginia Tech: Afghan student Ayda Haydarpour finds a sense of purpose at Virginia Tech
2022 PRESS HIGHLIGHTS
The Peninsula Qatar: Roya Mahboob wins Doha Forum 2022 Award
Tolo News: Roya Mahboob Wins Doha Forum 2022 Award
Virgin: Multigenerational challenges require intergenerational solutions
Virginia Public Radio: Robotics champion fled Afghanistan. Now she’s studying at Virginia Tech
2021 PRESS HIGHLIGHTS
Virgin Unite: How Roya Mahboob is fighting extremism by supporting women in tech
Teen Vogue: 21 Under 21 of 2021: The Young People Shaping Tomorrow
First Global: And They Persevered-The FIRST Global Afghan Girls Robotic Team
UNICEF: Daring to Dream
UN News: Supporting a future for girls’ education in Afghanistan
Forbes: Afghan Girls’ Robotics Team Continues Education And Training In Qatar After Fleeing Taliban Danger
Bloomberg: Blinken Meets Afghan Girls Robotics Team
NBC: Afghan female robotics team defiant after fleeing Taliban to Qatar
BBC: Afghan robotics team beings inspirational new chapter
Washington Post: Afghan robotics team arrives in Doha ‘Girls Rescued Themselves’
BBC: Nine Afghan girl robotics team members safe in Qatar
ABC: Afghan girls robotics team happy they ‘can achieve our dreams’
Reuters: Don’t abandon Afghanistan, pleads member of Afghan all-female robotics team
NPR: The Future Of The Afghan Girls Robotics Team Is Precarious
Washington Post: Afghanistan’s robotics team broke barriers. Now it’s desperate to escape the Taliban.
New York Times: Some members of Afghanistan’s all-girls robotics team flee the country.
NPR: All-Girl Robotics Team In Afghanistan Works On Low-Cost Ventilator
Aljazeera: The female Afghan tech entrepreneurs inspiring each other
UNESCO Science Report: The race against time for smarter development
2020 PRESS HIGHLIGHTS
Reuters: Afghan all-girls robotics team designs low-cost ventilator to treat coronavirus patients
BBC: Afghan girls make ventilators out of car parts
UNICEF: Afghanistan’s Girls’ Robotic Team Breaks New Paths
Fast Company: Afghanistan’s all-girl robotics team is building emergency ventilators out of car parts
NPR: Unique Robotic Team In Afghanistan Creates Affordable Ventilator Prototype
VOA: Ventilator From Old Car Parts? Afghan Girls Pursue Prototype
ABC News: Ventilator from old car parts? Afghan girls pursue prototype
United Nations Children’s Fund, ITU (2020). Towards an equal future: Reimagining girls’ education through STEM
The Sunday Times: Teenage girls breathe hope into Afghanistan with Covid ventilator made of old car parts
2019 PRESS HIGHLIGHTS
TOLO: Robotic Expo Held by Herat Girls
ABC News: Afghan female leaders urge Trump administration to stand up for their rights in Taliban peace talks
New York Times: ‘In Afghanistan, We Laugh Differently’
Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science: A Tech School for Dreamers in Afghanistan
New York Times: Empower and Educate Afghanistan’s Youth to Ensure a Peaceful Future
Yale News: Arch students help design tech school in Afghanistan
Council on Foreign Relations: Investing in Girls’ STEM Education
2018 PRESS HIGHLIGHTS
Vice News: The All-Girl Afghan Robotics Team Was Banned from Entering the US. Now It’s Inspiring a Revolution
Council on Foreign Relations: Building a Skilled GirlForce: Lessons from Roya Mahboob
National Review: An Afghan Girl
2017 PRESS HIGHLIGHTS
Washington Post: “For Afghan girls team, a trip to Washington was about more than the robotics”
New York Times: Afghan Girls’ Robotics Team Overcomes Setbacks to Win Contest in Europe
New York Times: Afghan Girls’ Robotics Team Wins Limelight at Competition
Washington Post: After Visa Delays Afghan Girls Robotics Team Arrives in DC