The Afghanistan women's cricket team fled the country in 2021 after the Taliban regained power and most of them sought refuge in Australia. But for over three years they say they've been ignored and sidelined by the International Cricket Council (ICC) despite making multiple pleas for help. T...
AFGHANISTAN: WOMEN, SOCIALLY BOUND AND OFFICIALLY NEGLECTEDZarghona SalihiHabiburahman Ibrahimi
Taliban When Layloma arrived at Kabul airport almost two weeks ago, she saw absolute chaos. She was knocked over and fainted. Her nephew, who lives in Afghanistan, carried her through the crowds. Image:As Layloma and Fereba embraced, both women sobbed and ...
Volker Turk added: "In Afghanistan, women and girls are subject to gender apartheid that is unparalleled in today’s world. Virtual prisoners within their homes, they are denied the most basic and fundamental freedoms essential to normal life, including movement, education and work. I am deeply ...
KABUL (Reuters) - Allegations of sexual abuse of members of Afghanistan's national women's soccer team by sport officials have resulted in missed paychecks after sponsors pulled out, taunts and entreaties from parents to their daughters to quit playing. FIFA, global soccer's governing ...
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As mental health worsens among Afghanistan’s women, the UN is asked to declare ‘gender apartheid’ Foreign Affairs They Thought Their Sick Little Girl Would Be Safe in America. Then It Denied Her Family Entry. Defense U.S. military orders new interviews on the deadly 2021 Afghan airport att...
The decree calls for women to only show their eyes and recommends they wear the head-to-toe burqa.
women’s rightsorientalGender identities and politics have always been entangled with geopolitics in Afghanistan. Since 2001, when North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) forces ousted the Taliban government, a great deal of research on gender issues and the status of women has been done in ...
Yet, with a combined 28% representation in the House of the People and the House of the Elders, Afghanistan has a higher proportion of national parliament seats held by women than the United States. A series of graphs from theWorld Bankvisualizes this: ...