UN special rapporteur emphasizes global access to education
The statement comes as girls from secondary schools have been barred from attending school over the past three years.
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Women activists urge US congress to curtail ‘misuse’ of aid in Afghanistan
The statement implored the chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs to address the purported diversion of a "$40.
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Activists in Pakistan urge recognition of ‘gender apartheid’ in Afghanistan
The Independent Coalition of Protest Movements outlined several recommendations:
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Manizha Siddiqi released from Taliban prison
Among the more than 400 prisoners, 50 women, including Siddiqi, were released, Khomosh said.
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Karzai urges reopening of schools, universities for girls
In their discussion, Karzai and Kuromiya exchanged views on the current situation in Afghanistan and the broader region, Karzai noted.
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Women’s rights advocate urges monitoring of Taliban prisons
The statement described the Taliban’s prisons as places of “human and woman torture” and called them the “most terrible” places.
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France condemns Taliban’s “remarks decision to resume stoning women to death’
“We urge the Taliban to reverse its policy of oppression and erasure of women and girls,” the statement noted.
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Three female activists and their brother released from Taliban detention
Ilaha Rezaee, Azada Rezaee, Nadia Rezaee, and Yahya Rezaee were taken into custody by the Taliban in the western part.
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Activists denounce Taliban’s continued ban on female education as ‘inhumane’
Over the past three years, the Taliban has shut down schools and universities for girls and women and has also.
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Amnesty International reiterates its call for reopening of girls’ schools in Afghanistan
The organization's South Asia division highlighted on [insert date] that the Taliban's "cruel policies" have effectively "imprisoned" the aspirations of.