by HRWF | Jul 16, 2023 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Taliban unmoved by UN call to lift bans on Afghan women & girls By Ayaz Gul VOA (22.06.2023) — Afghanistan’s Taliban rejected a fresh call Thursday from the United Nations to remove what it says are “punishing restrictions” on the impoverished...
by HRWF | Feb 21, 2023 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Analysis of feminists’ prejudice against religious minority women By Mariz Tadros IPS UN Bureau (17.02.2023) – Since researching the experiences of gender discrimination against women in poverty who belong to religious minorities, many fellow feminists have...
by HRWF | Dec 26, 2022 | 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...
by HRWF | Dec 26, 2022 | 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...
by HRWF | Nov 6, 2022 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Custody laws maintain a sexist status quo Despite important strides made by social movements advocating for women’s rights and led by Arab women in the region, there is still a long way to go to combat gender discrimination. By Lara Bellone d’Altavilla Open...
