New Study: Two-Thirds of Women Respondents Report Negative Experiences With Taliban Courts
Two-thirds of women participating in a new study by the Women and Children Research and Advocacy Network reported having “very...
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Karzai Says Ban on Girls’ Education in Afghanistan Will Lead to Foreign Dependence
Hamid Karzai, former President of Afghanistan, has once again called for the reopening of schools and universities for girls, amid...
Restrictions on Women: Afghanistan May Lose 25,000 Female Teachers and Health Workers
UNICEF has warned that if Taliban restrictions on women’s work and education continue, Afghanistan could lose 20,000 female teachers and...
EU Representative: Ban on Girls’ Education in Afghanistan ‘Barrier to Normalization of Relations’
Gilles Bertrand, the European Union Special Representative for Afghanistan, said he discussed human rights, humanitarian aid, migration, and tensions between...
Poverty and Culture: Some Women in Afghanistan Aborted Their Female Fetuses
Agency of France-Press (AFP) has reported that due to the cultural and economic conditions in Afghanistan, some women in the...
United Nations: Women and girls with disabilities in Afghanistan face severe discrimination
Susan Ferguson, the UN Women Country Representative for Afghanistan, says that women and girls with disabilities in Afghanistan face 'severe...
HRW: Taliban Violating Women’s Rights in Herat by Imposing the Burqa
Human Rights Watch says the Taliban in Herat are violating women’s rights by forcing them to wear the burqa, a...
Taliban Offer Education to Male Prisoners but Not to Free Women
While the UN reports that 2.2 million Afghan girls are barred from schooling beyond the primary level, the Taliban are...
Bennett: The Taliban Must End Discrimination Against Afghanistan’s Ethnic Groups
Richard Bennett, the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Afghanistan, has stated that the Taliban discriminate against Afghanistan’s ethnic,...
Former Health Worker: Many Women Have Taken Their Own Lives Because of Taliban Policies
Azada, an Afghan woman who testified online during the “People’s Tribunal for Women in Afghanistan,” said she previously worked as...