Hassina Sherjan is the Founder and CEO of Aid Afghanistan For Education.
She has over 30 years of experience in education, business, communication, and journalism. Hassina is a co-author of “Toughing It Out in Afghanistan,” published in February 2011, and has published various op-eds in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, USA Today, and more. She is a member of the Board of Advisors at Samuel Hall, and a Global Ambassador for The International Alliance for Women (TIAW). She is also a 2023 GlobalGiving Community Voices fellow.
In this conversation, Julia and Hassina talk about her work to strengthen efforts for education and girls’ education in particular, throughout the many years she was active working in Afghanistan.
Hassina Sherjan shares her own story of coming back to Afghanistan 19 years after leaving the country at the age of 19. She tells us about how she build Aid Afghanistan for Education and the impact the organization has had. Hassina speaks about the shock and aftermath of the Taliban takeover in 2021 and how her work for education in Afghanistan continues in a different form.
Aid Afghanistan for Education recently joined Girls’ Globe as a member. Find out more about their work and how you can support it here.
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Trying to get in touch with Hassina Sherjan – my name is Patrice “Senior Chief” Frede. We met through Colonel Agoglia in Afghanistan at the Counterinsurgency Training Center in Kabul in 2010.