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The Last Ambassador

 
 

H.E. Manizha Bakhtari

Manizha Bakhtari, the last female ambassador of Afghanistan is risking everything in her fight against the Taliban and her tireless commitment to the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan.

 
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Help us support Manizha Bakhtari with her Daughters Programme and fight against gender Apartheid in Afghanistan

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The Afghan ambassador in Vienna, Manizha Bakhtari, has found herself in a bizarre situation since the Taliban took power: she represents a country whose government has collapsed. Despite financial and logistical isolation, Manizha Bakhtari is defying the Taliban to continue her fight for the rights of Afghan women and girls as an ambassador. Through her Daughters´ Programme, she enables secret education to Afghan schoolgirls while organising political resistance against the Taliban as an ambassador. Under increasingly difficult conditions, she becomes one of the most important international spokespersons for the women of Afghanistan, true to her motto ‘peace is not the absence of war, but the presence of justice’.

The fate of 20 million girls and women in Afghanistan is increasingly being forgotten amid the many dramatic events unfolding around the world. This film aims to draw new attention to their plight. At the same time, our goal is to support and effectively promote Manizha Bakhtari's Daughters’ Programme („Dukhtaran") so that as many girls as possible are given a concrete chance at an alternative education beyond the school system that is no longer accessible to them.

The Dukhtaran Program is an independent initiative that does not receive funding from domestic or foreign institutions. Instead, it works with a volunteer-based sponsorship model. The sponsors support their Dukhtar – or honorary daughter – financially, through mentoring and emotional encouragement, helping her to complete her education despite the prevailing challenges.

The program does not function as a centralized organization, instead, a platform is being established that enables decentralized, independent growth.

Sponsorships within the framework of Dukhtaran

  • The sponsored girl is the honorary daughter of the sponsor.
  • The honorary daughter is not an official member of the sponsor's family.
  • She should be between 7 and 18 years old.
  • She must live in Afghanistan and belong to a low-income family.

Criteria for sponsors

  • Sponsors must be at least 18 years old
  • Sponsorship is voluntary and does not create any legal obligations, but sponsors
    should be aware that they are making a long-term commitment.
  • Support includes financial assistance, sponsorship, and moral support. Sponsors are mentors for their sponsored daughters and maintain regular contact (email, text messages, video calls, etc.).
  • The amount of financial support is determined by the mentor, with a minimum amount of $50/€50 per month suggested.
  • Mentors must make it clear that the mentorship does not give them the right to adopt the girl or bring her to their home country. A mentorship means supporting the mentee on a voluntary basis while encouraging her to respect her independence.