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  • Resilience of Girls in the Three and a Half Years of Taliban Rule 29 Jan 2025

    Resilience of Girls in the Three and a Half Years of Taliban Rule
    Resilience of Girls in the Three and a Half Years of Taliban Rule

    After three and a half years of Taliban rule in Afghanistan, schools, universities, and educational institutions have been closed to women and girls. Their social, economic, and cultural activities have come to a complete standstill.

UNESCO’s Support for Female Journalists in Afghanistan 08 Jul 2024

UNESCO's Support for Female Journalists in Afghanistan UNESCO’s Support for Female Journalists in Afghanistan

Heather Barr: Excluding Women from the Doha Meeting is a Betrayal of Women’s Rights and Dignity 25 Jun 2024

Heather Barr: Excluding Women from the Doha Meeting is a Betrayal of Women's Rights and Dignity Heather Barr, associate director of the Women's Rights Division at Human Rights Watch, in connection with the third Doha Meeting, posted a message on their social media page, stating that no Afghan woman has been invited to represent Afghan women at the third Doha Meeting, and women's rights issues have been omitted from the agenda of this conference. Ms. Barr further added that she had hoped for progress from the United Nations in this regard through the presence of women at the second Doha Meeting, but in the third Doha Meeting, the United Nations did not invite any Afghan women. The associate director of the Women's Rights Division at Human Rights Watch has described this action of the United Nations as a betrayal of women's and girls' rights worldwide. However, some women's rights activists in Afghanistan argue that this action by the United Nations was unexpected for them, and the exclusion of women from the third Doha Meeting signifies that the world and the global community have left Afghan women alone. Regarding the exclusion of women from the third Doha Meeting, the Research and Development Institution has released a series of visual messages showing one hundred Afghan women from all 28 provinces of Afghanistan, who are calling for the boycott of the upcoming Doha conference. Furthermore, some activists and Afghan policymakers are also demanding the boycott of the third Doha Meeting. Heather Barr: Excluding Women from the Doha Meeting is a Betrayal of Women’s Rights and Dignity

Recruitment of Female Teachers in Ghazni Province Suspended until Further Notice 13 Jun 2024

Local sources in Ghazni province have reported the suspension of the recruitment of female teachers in girls' schools by the Taliban group in this province. Recruitment of Female Teachers in Ghazni Province Suspended until Further Notice

Ahmadi: “Crimes against humanity and gender apartheid in Afghanistan should be documented and recognized” 12 Sep 2023

Ahmadi: “Crimes against humanity and gender apartheid in Afghanistan should be documented and recognized”

Afghan Women’s News Agency – Human rights defender Abdullah Ahmadi gave a speech at the periodic meeting of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, criticized the continuing violence and crimes of the Taliban and the silence of international organizations against these crimes and emphasized on documenting the crimes of this group and how to deal […]

U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN Human Rights Council Michèle Taylor:”The Taliban will not be recognized unless they respect women’s rights” 12 Sep 2023

U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN Human Rights Council Michèle Taylor:”The Taliban will not be recognized unless they respect women’s rights”

Afghan Women’s News Agency – AMBASSADOR MICHÈLE TAYLOR U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Human Rights Council, has expressed her concern about the current situation of women in Afghanistan.   Mrs. Taylor, who was speaking at the 54th session of the Human Rights Council, said that the United States and the countries of the […]

22 Dec 2022

Women’s March in Kabul: “Compatriots, Come along; Rapscallion will always be Rapscallion”

A group of protesting women came to the streets of Kabul this morning, Thursday, December 22, in opposition to the deprivation of women’s right to education and chanted the slogans of “Education, Work and Freedom”. These protesting women from the intersection of Dehburi to the intersection of Kabul University with the slogans “Either all or […]

Afghan journalists protest in Pakistan: The media has fallen into the trap of extremism 28 Jun 2022

Afghan journalists protest in Pakistan: The media has fallen into the trap of extremism

A number of Afghan journalists in Pakistan on Monday (June 27th) at a protest rally in Islamabad, Pakistan, strongly criticized the negligence of journalists and human rights organizations, saying that the journalists were in poor mental health and Institutions supporting journalists and human rights countries have been forgotten. They have issued protest statements stating that […]

Afghan woman winner of the 2022 Asian Woman of the Year award 18 Jun 2022

Afghan woman winner of the 2022 Asian Woman of the Year award

Dr. Homaira Rezaei, a human rights activist, was named the 2022 Asian Woman of the Year by Britain. This award was given to her for her social and humanitarian activities. Homeira Rezaei is the chair of the Planning Committee of the World Council of Hazaras. She is appealing internationally to improve the situation of Hazaras […]

From trade red carpets to immigration paving stones 11 Apr 2022

From trade red carpets to immigration paving stones

The story of a decade of thriving trade in Afghanistan to street protests and immigration Siddiqa Mushtaq, co-founder of the Farabi Institute in Kabul, a member of the leadership board of the Chamber of Commerce and Women’s Industries and a women’s rights activist, has had more than a decade of thriving business in Afghanistan. By […]

Forced confessions of women 23 Feb 2022

Forced confessions of women

by: Tabasum Mehri The Taliban’s interior affairs ministry is said to have released a video of prisoner women confessing to Taliban, in which women spoke of being encouraged and coerced by others to protest against the Taliban government. In a video released by the Taliban’s Interior Affairs Ministry, girls in Taliban custody say women living […]

The whirling dancer fled from Taliban Group regime 18 Sep 2021

The whirling dancer fled from Taliban Group regime

The only female whirling dancer in Afghanistan was to kick off her biggest tour around the country. Then the Taliban took over. The Taliban sees Sufi whirling dervishes as against Islamic law. Fahima Mirzaei had no choice but to run. This is the story of her escape. This is part of the documentary Farewell My […]

Girls excluded as Afghan secondary schools reopen 18 Sep 2021

Girls excluded as Afghan secondary schools reopen

The Taliban have excluded girls from Afghan secondary schools after they ordered only boys and male teachers to return to the classroom. A statement from the Islamist group saying secondary classes would resume made no mention of girls or women. One Afghan schoolgirl told the BBC she was devastated. “Everything looks very dark,” she said. […]

EU’s queen with a tarnished crown 13 Sep 2021

EU’s queen with a tarnished crown

Queen of Europe was once one of Angela Merkel’s many nicknames. But now Germany’s powerful chancellor is poised to turn her back on politics following this month’s elections, I’m not sure that royal label will stick. True: Angela Merkel is, by far, the longest-serving amongst current EU leaders. She’s participated in an estimated 100 EU […]