Violence against women in Afghanistan has historically been a pervasive but silent issue. Today, through our work, it has only recently been acknowledged as a public health epidemic. We believe that in order to eliminate violence against women, we must empower them to assert their rights and help them heal from their injuries and have the will to move on. This is at the core of our work.

Medica Afghanistan (MA) is a non-profit, non-political, non-governmental women’s organization. We support women and girl survivors of gender-based violence and women and girls in conflict with the law, through robust legal representation and defence, psychosocial counseling, and, advocacy.

MA was established in Kabul in 2002 by Medica Mondiale, a German-based non-governmental organisation defending women and girls in war and crisis zones throughout the world. With the objective of building a movement led by Afghan women for Afghan women, in December 2010, MA was officially registered with the Ministry of Economy of Afghanistan as a national organisation.