Photographer Jodi Bieber wins World Press Photo of the Year 2010 for her TIME magazine cover image of Bibi AishaPhotographs by Jodi Bieber / Institute for TIME
Aisha
Jodi Bieber was awarded World Press Photo of the Year 2010 for this picture of Bibi , who was disfigured as punishment for fleeing her husband's house in Kabul, Afghanistan.Jodi Bieber / INSTITUTE for TIME
Shirin Gul
Convicted of murder and hijacking, Gul says she fell into a life of crime under pressure from her husband; she had six children, so she followed his wishes. Her husband, son and brother-in-law have all been hanged in connection with their crimes.Jodi Bieber / INSTITUTE for TIME
Zohal Sagar
Sagar lost her father and two brothers in the war. Her mother hopes they can leave Afghanistan and find a new life in Canada.Jodi Bieber / INSTITUTE for TIME
The Abadini Family
Though Afghan women are no longer required to wear burqas, as they were under Taliban rule, many women still wear them out of tradition or fear. The younger generation of Afghan women want more liberal and open ways of living in Afghan society.Jodi Bieber / INSTITUTE for TIME
Aisha
, 18, was dragged from her home by the Taliban after running away from her husband. Despite her pleas that her in-laws had been abusive, that they had treated her like a slave, that she had no choice but to escape, a Taliban commander said she must be punished, lest other girls in the village try to do the same thing. 's family members carried out the punishment: her brother-in-law held her down while her husband sliced off her ears and nose, then left her to die. She is now hidden in a secret women's shelter, where she was taken after receiving care from U.S. forces.Jodi Bieber / INSTITUTE for TIME
Fawzia Koofi
The former deputy speaker of parliament, Koofi is very outspoken on women's issues. "Reconciliation will not bring peace to Afghanistan," she says. "Peace is a result of democracy. You have to include everyone in that process, including women." She is running for a second term in parliament but fears that new election rules may make it more difficult to succeed and that outspoken women like her will be sidelined.Jodi Bieber / INSTITUTE for TIME
Robina Muqimyar Jalalai
In 2004, Muqimyar was one of Afghanistan's first two female representatives at the Olympics. She is now running for parliament.Jodi Bieber / INSTITUTE for TIME
Sabrina Saqib
Saqib, Afghanistan's youngest parliamentarian, says having women in parliament was a huge step forward. "Women came back to life after the Taliban."Jodi Bieber / INSTITUTE for TIME
Mozhdah Jamalzadah
Part Oprah, part Hannah Montana, The Mozhdah Show, hosted by Jamalzadah, is the latest sensation to hit Afghanistan's television screens.Jodi Bieber / INSTITUTE for TIME
Mahbooba Seraj
Women gather at a training conference for parliamentarians. "Women have just as much a right to take part in leading Afghanistan now as they did then," says Seraj, standing, referring to historical female heroes in Afghanistan. "We must not compare women in Afghanistan to women in France or Sweden. We have to compare women now to women in 2001. And we have made huge progress."Jodi Bieber / INSTITUTE for TIME
Sakina
When was 14, her family sold her into marriage with a 45-year-old man who had a carpet-weaving business. "I didn't know about marriage," she says. "I didn't know about relations between men and women." He used her as an indentured servant and beat her with weaving tools when she didn't work fast enough. Once, when she dropped some tea glasses, the family cut off all of her hair. She ran away. Now she is trying to get a divorce, which her in-laws refuse to grant because, they say, they paid good money for her.Jodi Bieber / INSTITUTE for TIME
Islam
Family conflict and a husband addicted to drugs pushed to pour diesel fuel over herself in a suicide attempt. Her mother-in-law tried to extinguish the flames.Jodi Bieber / INSTITUTE for TIME
Prisoners
Nasimgul, left, and Gul Bahar, holding another inmate's child, are serving time in the Afghan women's detention center in Kabul. Even under the new government, Afghan society still imprisons women for crimes that are never ascribed to men, like running away and adultery, further stunting women's progress.Jodi Bieber / INSTITUTE for TIME
