CONFERENCES & EXHIBITIONS

The Afghan Girls Robotics Team shows us the power of upholding girls’ right to education.
We must ensure that all girls have access to education, so they can contribute to building their homelands,
innovating & changing the planet for the better

Sima Bahous, Executive Director of UN Women
Afghan Girls Robotics Team member, Asefa Amini, shows Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai the team’s computation robot at the Inaugural BRITE Exhibition Doha, Qatar.
U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, John Kerry, meets with the founder of the Afghan Girls Robotics Team at the inaugural BRITE Exhibition in Doha, Qatar.
Afghan Girls’ Robotics Team captain, Somaya Faruqi, shows David Beckham the team’s ventilators, made during the pandemic, at the inaugural BRITE Exhibition in Doha, Qatar.

To date, BRITE has organized two exhibitions. The first exhibition was inaugurated on March 27, 2022, through a collaboration with the Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Qatar Development Fund at the Doha Forum. The second exhibition took place at the Fifth UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5) from March 5 to 9, 2023, in Doha, Qatar. Both events featured the works of the Afghan Girls Robotics Team and attracted attendance from heads of state, high-level government officials, policymakers, business leaders, and public figures. These exhibitions aimed to urge the international community to promote inclusive educational opportunities in Afghanistan, with a focus on recognizing and fostering the talents of everyone. The critical importance of these exhibitions is underscored by the current crisis: the widespread exclusion of girls from schools in Afghanistan, a situation that was unimaginable until recently.