{"id":199,"date":"2024-05-28T16:03:23","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T16:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/integration-and-belonging\/?post_type=cu_people&#038;p=199"},"modified":"2025-06-10T19:27:32","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T19:27:32","slug":"gaisu-yari","status":"publish","type":"cu_people","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/integration-and-belonging\/people\/gaisu-yari\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaisu Yari"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gaisu Yari is an experienced Afghan gender expert and human rights defender from Afghanistan. She has navigated life both inside Afghanistan and as a refugee, enriching her perspective and expertise. Gaisu&#8217;s educational achievements include a master&#8217;s degree in human rights from Columbia University and a bachelor&#8217;s degree in Middle Eastern studies and gender studies from the University of Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, Gaisu is actively involved in leading the Afghan Voices of Hope Project, which involves extensive global travel to engage with Afghan exiles. Her focus on gender justice is evident through her advocacy work and public speaking engagements on the topic. She brings a wealth of knowledge and practical experience to her activism, having spoken at conferences, collaborated with various organizations, and worked with the media to address critical women&#8217;s rights issues in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<h3>Relevant Works<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Yari, G. (2024, October 23). What is next for the women of Afghanistan? <em data-start=\"497\" data-end=\"517\">Wilson Center<\/em>. <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wilsoncenter.org\/blog-post\/what-next-women-afghanistan\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"519\" data-end=\"585\">https:\/\/www.wilsoncenter.org\/blog-post\/what-next-women-afghanistan<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Yari, G. (2023, August 14). <em data-start=\"122\" data-end=\"181\">\u201cCry, scream, but be strong\u201d: Stories of Afghans in exile<\/em>. Open Society Foundations. <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.opensocietyfoundations.org\/voices\/cry-scream-but-be-strong-stories-of-afghans-in-exile#:~:text=These%20stories%20of%20women%20who,to%20their%20new%20communities%20abroad\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"209\" data-end=\"390\">https:\/\/www.opensocietyfoundations.org\/voices\/cry-scream-but-be-strong-stories-of-afghans-in-exile#:~:text=These%20stories%20of%20women%20who,to%20their%20new%20communities%20abroad<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Afghan Voices of Hope: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afghanvoicesofhope.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/www.afghanvoicesofhope.org\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":718,"featured_media":200,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cu_people_sortname":"Yari","cu_people_title":"Visiting 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