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Kabul women appeal to UNSC to address their plight

At a women’s only meeting in the capital, a group of activists begged the UN Security Council to hear their.

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Taliban crackdown on women ‘greater than in 96’

The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, painted a rather grim picture of.

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Women call on Taliban to reopen girls’ schools

UN figures show that at least 1.1 million girls have been deprived of schooling in Afghanistan in just over a.

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Activists deeply concerned about growing isolation of women

Without women’s rights organizations or a ministry of women’s affairs, Afghan women now have nowhere to turn to for help.

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UAE envoy asks Taliban to lift restrictions on women and girls

The UAE envoy says the exclusion of women from public and social life in Afghanistan is yet another example of.

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Women activists beaten, abused in Taliban custody: Rights watchdog

HRW says the women experienced threats, beatings, dangerous conditions of confinement, denial of due process, abusive conditions of release, and.

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Female entrepreneur opens women-only restaurant in Balkh

The chamber of commerce and industry in Balkh meanwhile said women will have their full support if they want to.

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Women’s rights activist from Afghanistan wins this year’s Aurora humanitarian prize

The organization also provided legal aid and psychosocial support to more than 10,000 women victims of domestic abuse.

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Women seek practical steps to end attacks against Hazaras

Bamiyan women asked the Taliban to ensure the safety of education centers and reopen girls’ schools as soon as possible.

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No religious justification to keep girls’ schools shut: clerics

Religious scholars said that there is no religious justification for the closure of schools for girls in Afghanistan. They asked.

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