Afghan Women
- Opinions
Taliban’s systematic oppression of women in Afghanistan
Under the Taliban regime, Afghanistan women face a harsh reality where their voices, bodies, and freedoms are systematically erased. Women and girls are being stripped of their autonomy, and forced into compliance…
- World
Taliban imposes new restrictions on women, bans public speaking
With the enactment of new laws on “vice and virtue” by a government ministry that forbids women’s voices and bare faces from public life, women’s lives in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan have become even…
- Middle East
Doha deal excludes Afghan women from political engagement: HRW
Kabul: The Doha agreement, which was signed between the US and the Taliban, is less transparent and also excluded Afghan women from political engagement to a great extent, Heather Barr, the associate…
- World
Afghanistan: Male students walkout in support of women banned from unis
Soon after the Taliban banned women from entering universities or attending exams, thus disallowing their education, their male classmates staged a walkout in solidarity showing support against the ban. Several videos have…
- Middle East
Egypt’s Al-Azhar imam: Taliban’s ban on women’s university studies contradicts Sharia
Kabul: Grand Imam of Egypt’s Al-Azhar, Ahmed El-Tayeb called for the Taliban to reconsider their decision to ban Afghan women from accessing university education, saying the decision contradicts Sharia (Islamic law), reported…
- World
UAE: Khalaf Al Habtoor to give 100 scholarships for Afghan women
Abu Dhabi: United Arab Emirates (UAE) businessman, Khalaf bin Ahmed Al Habtoor has offered to help 100 Afghan women to relocate to Dubai and complete their studies in the emirates. Khalaf Al…
- Middle East
Arab nations call on Taliban to reverse decision on women education
Arab countries called on the government run by the Taliban to reverse its decision to impose a ban on higher education for women in Afghanistan. The call came a day after the…
- World
Let Her Learn: Afghans raises voice against university ban for women
After the Taliban banned women from attending university in Afghanistan, Afghans launched a campaign on the social media platform Twitter with the hashtag letherlearn, to raise the voice for Afghan women, standing…
- World
UN calls for restoration of university rights for Afghan women
United Nations: UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous has called for the restoration of Afghan women’s right to higher education after the Taliban-run administration banned female students from university. “It is as…
- World
Taliban bans Afghan women from entering parks and gyms
Despite the promises and reassurances made by the Taliban after it took control of the country in August 2021, regarding the way women should be treated and their rights preserved, its decisions prove the…
- World
Afghanistan’s Taliban order women to wear burqa in public
Kabul: Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers on Saturday ordered all Afghan women to wear the all-covering burqa in public, a sharp hard-line pivot that confirmed the worst fears of rights activists and was bound…
