Number of women escaping Afghanistan soars, despite risks of ... - CNN
WEBFrom the ban on secondary school and university attendance for girls, to employment restrictions, the closure of beauty salons which employed some 60,000 women, and a ban on long-distance road ...
Two years on from Taliban takeover, Afghan women are being ... - CNN
WEBAug 15, 2023 · Two years after the Taliban seized power, Afghan women say their rights have been wiped out and futures stolen.
Afghanistan: Taliban rule has erased women from public life ... - UN News
WEBAug 13, 2024 · Three years of Taliban rule in Afghanistan has led to the “striking” erasure of women from public life, which is also reflected at the community and household levels, a senior official with the...
With New Taliban Manifesto, Afghan Women Fear the Worst
WEBSep 4, 2024 · With New Taliban Manifesto, Afghan Women Fear the Worst Three years into its rule, the movement has codified its harsh Islamic decrees into law that now includes a ban on women’s voices in...
Five key moments in the crushing of Afghan women's rights - BBC
WEBAug 14, 2023 · The suppression of women's rights under their rule is the harshest in the world, brought in through a relentless series of religious decrees from the Taliban leadership, and regional rulings...
Women in Afghanistan: From almost everywhere to almost …
WEBAug 15, 2023 · By 2021, Afghan women had secured 69 out of 249 seats in parliament, women were negotiating peace across the country, and laws were in place allowing women to include their names on their children’s birth certificates and identification cards.
Afghan women: Secret diaries of changing lives - BBC
WEBFor Afghan women, the salvos represented the loss of all their rights and freedoms. Five of them have been sending the BBC daily diaries, which provide a portrait of their rapidly changing...
What happened to the women who took on the Taliban? - BBC
WEBJun 14, 2024 · Protesters tell the BBC they were beaten, abused, jailed and even threatened with death by stoning. We speak to three women who challenged the Taliban government after it began to place ...
Taliban assault on women’s rights continues in Afghanistan | UN News
WEBJun 13, 2024 · The Taliban overtook Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, in August 2021, and quickly began eroding women’s rights, including strict dress codes, banning higher education for girls, excluding...
UN Women urges immediate global action to end oppression of Afghan …
WEBJun 10, 2024 · Women’s rights in Afghanistan have always been a matter of fierce struggle over regimes and generations, but the oppression that Afghan women and girls are experiencing since August 2021 is unmatched in terms of scale and generational impact.