Women

Afghanistan: Thousands of beauty salons permanently closed following Taliban order

The sudden move is expected to sever one of the few sources of income available to women in the country.

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Students articulate restrictions on women, girls through their art

The students view their artistic creations as a medium to express the pain and suffering endured by girls within society.

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Female students devastated at ban on writing university entrance exam

Some students have said they spent years preparing for the exam only to have their hopes and dreams shattered by.

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Beauty salon owners and employees appeal for ban to be reversed

Women who work in the industry say they don’t want to be prisoners and have the right to live a.

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Beauticians struggle as Taliban bans beauty salons

Many beauticians view the decision as unfair and discriminatory, emphasizing their right to earn a living and provide for their.

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Women devastated by Taliban’s new ban on beauty salons

UNAMA has called on the Taliban to immediately revoke their order to close beauty salons.

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‘Dance in despair’: Women hold symbolic move to protest Taliban restrictions on their rights

The women said that they will not stop their fight from having access to their rights and freedoms in society.

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Afghanistan: Women hold rally in Takhar, call for their rights to education, work

They said women “cannot be removed” from society and that their rights to education, work and freedom must be ensured.

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Afghanistan: Young women in Herat turn to vocational training as ban on education continues

For many girls, art classes have become their last resort to occupy their time due to the lack of educational.

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McCaul, Meeks host roundtable on crisis facing women, girls in Afghanistan

House Foreign Affairs Chairman McCaul said Taliban intends to permanently place all women on house arrest and treat women ‘like.

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