Two Afghan activists honored with 2024 Diana Award for advocacy on girls’ education
Ms. Akbari, who leads CoodGreenAfg.org, dedicated her award to the women of Afghanistan.
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Health, Women
UN: Taliban must repeal ban on women’s medical education
“Women’s presence in the health sector is crucial,” the statement emphasized.
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France condemns Taliban ban on women’s medical education, calls for end to human rights violations
The French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs described the ban as another instance in the Taliban’s systematic violations of.
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Sixth-grade girls finish exams in tears as Taliban education ban continues
For girls like Munawara, the end of the school year was marked not by celebration, but by sorrow.
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US envoy pledges support for women amid Taliban restrictions
Her remarks come in the wake of the Taliban’s latest directive banning women from studying at medical institutions across Afghanistan.
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Women hold rally outside Taliban governor’s office in Herat to protest ban on medical education
Chanting slogans like “education is justice and learning,” the demonstrators described the directive as oppressive and a blow to their.
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Taliban’s ban on medical education for women ‘erases Afghanistan’s future,’ German foreign minister says
Baerbock described the situation for women in Afghanistan as akin to living in a “prison” and criticized the Taliban for.
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UNAMA calls on Taliban to reverse ban on women’s medical education
The ban is the latest in a series of measures by the Taliban that have systematically rolled back women’s rights.
Sports, Women
Cricket star Rashid Khan calls for reversal of Taliban ban on women’s medical education
Khan criticized the Taliban’s decision as profoundly harmful, not only to the future of Afghan women but also to the.
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Three women from Afghanistan on BBC’s 100 Women List for 2024
Zakia Khudadadi, a Paralympic taekwondo athlete, is also on the list.