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Media coverage about our program and our alumnae.
Press release announcing evacuations
Ascend is pleased to announce that we have successfully evacuated some of our members from Afghanistan. The evacuees are currently in...
Aug 26, 20211 min read
Afghans plead for faster US evacuation from Taliban rule (AP News)
Read Full Article Here: https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-joe-biden-travel-evacuations-taliban-76c8545ff5b74e0f8e2c5d45386cbe30
Aug 18, 20211 min read
'I did it for every single girl': the first Afghan woman to scale Mount Noshaq (The Guardian)
Full article here: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/nov/09/for-every-single-girl-first-afghan-woman-to-scale-mount-nos...
Nov 9, 20181 min read
Hanifa Yousoufi on Her Historic Climb up Mt. Noshaq (Sierra)
Full article: https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/hanifa-yousoufi-her-historic-climb-mt-noshaq
Oct 30, 20181 min read
With Sights On Afghanistan’s Highest Peak, Ridgway Mountaineer Continues Teaching Afghan Women Climbing Skills (Colorado Public Radio)
Read the full article here: https://www.cpr.org/show-segment/with-sights-on-afghanistans-highest-peak-ridgway-mountaineer-continues-teach...
Sep 18, 20171 min read
For Young Afghan Women, Scaling Mountain Peaks Brings Highs And Lows (NPR)
Read the article here: https://www.npr.org/2015/12/19/458966111/for-young-afghan-women-scaling-mountain-peaks-brings-highs-and-lows
Dec 19, 20151 min read
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