Watch a video by the Skoll Foundation, featuring board member Sakena Yacoobi. She is a noted women's rights activist from Afghanistan and is the founder-director of the Afghan Institute of Learning, a GFW grantee since 1998. This video was made by the Skoll Foundation, as part of their Skoll Uncommon Heroes Project. Watch the video »

Additionally, Sakena has been featured at the Chautauqua Institution, where she presented a lecture titled, "The Strength of Afghan Women," on 15 July 2010. Learn more about this topic and listen to her lecture here.