This event is a visual storytelling exhibition curated by Afghan Girls Success Gate, showcasing drawings and paintings created by Afghan girls who continue to learn, imagine, and express themselves despite severe restrictions on their access to education. Through art, these girls reclaim learning as a human and creative act. Each artwork reflects how they see the world, how they understand education, and how they imagine their futures. Rather than focusing on loss, the exhibition centers agency, imagination, and skill, presenting art as a form of knowledge, resistance, and hope. Participants will experience a curated collection of visual stories, accompanied by short contextual narratives that amplify the girls’ voices while respecting safety and anonymity. The exhibition invites viewers to slow down, observe, and reflect on how learning can exist beyond classrooms—and how creativity becomes a pathway to dignity and possibility. Aligned with World Education Day and the Learning Planet Institute’s values, this event connects local lived realities to global conversations on education, equity, and planetary learning, reminding us that when formal education is denied, learning finds new languages.
