CRIW was honored to partner with the Yale Office of International Students and Scholars and other cosponsors* for a special event on March 8, 2024, featuring Dr. Homeira Qaderi to commemorate International Women’s Day. Dr. Qaderi is a mother, an award-winning Afghan writer, a scholar of Persian literature and a courageous advocate for women’s rights and the empowerment of civil society. She is a visiting scholar at Yale University’s MacMillan Center.

The event featured a talk with Dr. Qaderi moderated by Tabitha Sookdeo of IRIS to discuss her exquisitely written memoir “Dancing the Mosque: An Afghan Mother’s Letter to her Son” and women’s rights in Afghanistan.

A reception prepared by refugee and immigrant women chefs from Sanctuary Kitchen and Havenly and a book sale/signing followed.

*IRIS -Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services, Belonging at Yale, Yale’s Global Division DEIB Committee, Yale MacMillan Center, Yale’s McDougal Center for Graduate Student Life, Yale’s Office of Postdoctoral Affairs, Yale’s Working Women’s Network.