Women-led organizations advocate for rights in Afghanistan
The report says that the Taliban’s restrictive environment has forced women-led organizations to shift from public advocacy to community-level initiatives.
Afghanistan, Women
Afghanistan, Women
Malala Yousafzai asks Muslim leaders to support push against gender apartheid
“Muslim voices must lead the way against the Taliban’s oppressive laws,” she said.
Afghanistan, Women
Muslim nations summit in Pakistan calls for protecting girls’ education
While the Taliban were invited to participate in the summit, they declined to attend.
Women
UN envoy: Addressing Afghan girls’ education crisis requires dialogue at all levels
“For the past three and a half years, the Taliban have stripped every Afghan girl of her right to education,”.
Afghanistan, Women
Afghan women seek end to ‘world’s silence’ in meeting with Aryana Sayeed
They called on the international community to redirect aid funding toward creating online universities for women.
Women
Afghan journalist dies in Pakistan, laid to rest in Faryab
Qarizada, 25, died on Friday in a hospital in Pakistan, where she had been receiving medical treatment for an unspecified.
Women
Banned from education, Afghan medical students face uncertain futures
The ban, imposed last December, effectively barred women from higher and semi-higher medical education, stripping them of opportunities to contribute.
Business, Women
Taliban bar women from attending Kandahar trade exhibition: Sources
Despite women's key role in producing these items, they have been excluded from participating in the event.
Women
UN deputy chief pledges unwavering commitment to defend Afghan women’s rights
Since the Taliban regained power in Afghanistan in 2021, women and girls have faced sweeping restrictions.
Afghanistan, Women
Experts see legal action against Taliban at ICJ as limited solution
The analysis also cautioned against setting a harmful precedent for how states invoke international law to address gender discrimination beyond.