With the Taliban promoting the upcoming United Nations-hosted Doha meeting this weekend as a sign of their rising legitimacy, human rights advocates are concerned that it could be a setback for women’s rights and further entrench the system of gender apartheid being forged by the...
Read moreThe Taliban have whipped four people, including two women in Parwan and Herat provinces on charges of running away from home and theft on Tuesday, the Taliban Supreme Court said in a statement.
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With the Taliban promoting the upcoming United Nations-hosted Doha meeting this weekend as a sign of their rising legitimacy, human rights advocates are concerned that it could be a setback for women’s rights and further entrench the system of gender apartheid being forged by the Taliban.
Read moreWith the Taliban promoting the upcoming United Nations-hosted Doha meeting this weekend as a sign of their rising legitimacy, human rights advocates are concerned that it could be a setback for women’s rights and further entrench the system of gender apartheid being forged by the Taliban.
Fighting against gender apartheid is not a simple task. The complexities of regimes which deploy multilayered rules and tools to enforce long-standing systemic discrimination require a struggle that’s equally complex, multilayered, and persevering.
The point I need to clarify is that unfortunately, the Taliban never had any commitment to the women of Afghanistan, the people, democracy, human rights, and these issues. Nor do they have it now.
After the Taliban blocked women from pursuing journalism as a study major and later banned them from university altogether, Rukhshana Media received many messages from women interested in being journalists but who were at a loss as to how to make it happen.
Zeba* sat atop the Buddha cliffs in Bamyan province watching the sunset and people below passing by, recalling the days when she sang love ballads while playing the lute-like dambora.
It’s the day before Eid. Two girls Shukria, 12, and Shegufa, 9, are standing in the full midday sun near the intersection of Pol-e Khoshk area in western Kabul.
