Moassesa Roshd wa Tawanmandsazi Zanan Momtaz Nakhba

Every woman of talent deserves room to rise.

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Moassesa Roshd wa Tawanmandsazi Zanan Momtaz Nakhba works beside women and girls across Afghanistan to protect learning, strengthen local leadership, and widen pathways to dignified livelihoods. We build practical support with families, teachers, and community partners so talent is not lost to conflict, distance, or exclusion.

2018

The first neighborhood learning circles opened in Kabul.

What began as small evening sessions for advanced students and volunteer mentors quickly became a trusted model for keeping study, dialogue, and ambition alive close to home.

2021

The network shifted to family-led support across provinces.

Staff and volunteers reorganized around safer local coordination, home-based instruction, and emergency referrals so women could continue to learn and lead under rapidly changing conditions.

2024

A wider circle of mentors now reaches girls in multiple cities.

The organization continues linking scholarship guidance, psychosocial support, and community advocacy so promising young women can keep moving toward public service, teaching, health, and enterprise.

Faces

Six first stories from the network.

Tap each portrait to reveal a brief account of persistence, study, and local care.

Amina restarted science tutoring for younger girls in her lane after formal classes stopped, turning one borrowed room into a dependable study circle.

Farzana worked with her mother to create a safe reading group that now doubles as a quiet space for peer counseling and referrals.

Laila used the mentorship program to prepare for language certification while mentoring two secondary students in public speaking.

Nadia coordinated transport stipends for learners in her district, making it possible for several girls to continue attending short in-person workshops.

Shabnam turned a tailoring apprenticeship into a micro-cohort where young women learn both income skills and basic budgeting together.

Zarifa now documents local education barriers for the organization, helping the team design smaller interventions that families can realistically sustain.

“When one girl keeps studying, the whole street remembers that the future is still being written.”

Field note, Kabul mentor

“Support does not always begin with a large program; sometimes it begins with one room, one family, and one promise to continue.”

Field note, Herat facilitator

Where We Work

Local partnerships across key Afghan cities.

Current coordination centers on urban and peri-urban communities where women-led study groups, referrals, and mentoring networks can be sustained.

Kabul Herat Mazar-e-Sharif Jalalabad Bamyan
  • Kabul: mentoring circles, scholarship advising, family liaison work
  • Herat: women-led literacy groups and livelihoods referrals
  • Mazar-e-Sharif: academic coaching and community advocacy
  • Jalalabad and Bamyan: small cohort support through local volunteers

How to Help

Three direct ways to stand with the work.

Upcoming

Upcoming events.

May 14, 2026

Mentor Roundtable

Kabul Women mentors and alumni gather to share safe study strategies.
June 02, 2026

Family Liaison Workshop

Herat A practical session on sustaining home-based learning circles.
June 21, 2026

Scholarship Guidance Clinic

Mazar-e-Sharif Advisors help students prepare documents, essays, and next steps.

Media

Press and partner coverage.

BBC
Al Jazeera
TOLOnews
UN Women
The Guardian