Women's Rights & Gender Equality
AFGHANISTAN: On International Women’s Day, do not forget Afghan women and girls Five women flogged In February, the Taliban’s High Court stated that 13 individuals, including five women, should be sentenced to flogging in Bamyan province Sources indicate that the...
Human Rights in the World, Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Taliban arrest women for ‘bad hijab’ in first crackdown since return in power A Taliban spokesman says authorities have arrested women in the Afghan capital Kabul for wearing “bad hijab.” ABC News (04.01.2023) – The Taliban have arrested women in the Afghan...
Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Taliban ‘ban’ contraceptives for women-‘haram’ in sharia Women in Afghanistan have said that midwives have refused to provide contraceptives where they previously would have By Umang Sharma First Post (10.02.2023) – The Taliban have allegedly stopped...
Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers order NGOs to prevent women from working at their jobs as protests spread Radio Free Europe (24.12.2022) – https://bit.ly/3HYo17n – In the latest assault on women’s rights, Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers ordered all...
Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Taliban ban Afghan women from university education Higher education ministry issues indefinite order three months after thousands sat entrance exams By Hikmat Noori The Guardian (20.12.2022) – https://bit.ly/3jwm0F2 – Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers...