[2] It was founded as a part of the king and queen's modernization project to reform Afghan society, a policy which included the emancipation of women, and the Irshad-e Naswan as well as the first women's association Anjuman-i Himayat-i-Niswan were both founded to support the state feminism of the royal government.
The magazine was published weekly and ran articles "on the rights of women, child care, home economics and etiquette", [3] social, political and international issues, women's rights but also fashion and household tips.
[6] King Amanullah Khan and Queen Soraya Tarzi were deposed in 1929.
Their deposition from power was followed by a severe backlash on women's rights under their successor Habibullah Ghazi.
[7] The Women's Association Anjuman-i Himayat-i-Niswan as well as Irshad-e Naswan was banned, the girls 'schools were closed, and the female students who had been allowed to study in Turkey was recalled to Afghanistan and forced to put on the veil and enter purdah again.