While education is a useful resource to help establish financial independence, there are many other impediments that restrict the self-empowerment of women and leave them vulnerable to abuse. Take the case of Salima: For almost two decades, Salima has worked as a cook. She lives with her abusive husband, an unemployed drug addict. Thanks to […]
Author Archives: Selma Tufail
The writer is an educationalist and artist, and the recipient of the Order of Civil Merit, the highest civilian award of Spain. She is the author and illustrator of Con Yanci: When Chickens Fly and Other Tales, a children’s storybook. Her art and writing on gender, art and mysticism have appeared in, The Dollhouse, Pakistan Daily Times, Article in Shards of Silence – An Anthology, The Arabia Review: TESOL Arabia, among others.She is the co-founder of Tillism.com طلسم – Magical Words from around the World.