Muslim nations summit in Pakistan calls for protecting girls’ education
While the Taliban were invited to participate in the summit, they declined to attend.
Afghanistan, Women
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.
Afghanistan, Women
Women in Badghis struggle with low wages, grueling work
The already challenging circumstances for women in Badghis have worsened since the Taliban took power.
Women
Taliban’s Kandahar meeting led to letter reiterating ban on women working in NGOs: Sources
The letter does not introduce new policies but reiterates the existing prohibition on employing women in NGOs and foreign organizations.