There is, however, very little research on how ordinary Afghan women view their lives and their place within a highly patriarchal society and how their views might fit into these debates. This paper explores these issues using in-depth qualitative interviews with 12 Hazara women and their ...
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 ...
Department of State’s Office of Global Women’s Issues in Doha, Qatar. WDN is an initiative of the International Republican Institute, well-known for supporting dissidents in various countries defying US imperialism. The US State Department is clearly using “women’s rights” as a tool, ...
Violence against women is one of the most serious human rights issues in Afghanistan. Although important achievements have been made in different areas of such as education for women and girls, health and participation of women in civil and political activities during the last decade, however signif...
The Taliban say it's mandatory for Afghan women to conceal their voices and bare faces in public. That's according to newly published laws covering aspects of everyday life from the Ministry of Vice and Virtue.
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“We want the achievements to be saved, particularly achievements in areas of women’s rights and human rights. These issues should be taken into consideration seriously in the peace negotiation talks,” said Feroza Qaderi, an Afghan girl in Kabul. ...
Dr Shaheen said: "They will lose nothing. Only if they have no hijab, they will have a hijab… women are required to have the same rights as you have in your country but with a hijab." When pressed on this issue that nothing will change, Dr Shaheen is insistent: ...
conference in Kabul, Afghanistan with participating practitioners from Afghan- istan, Bangladesh, Egypt, Iran, India, Nepal, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan and Sri Lanka in order to discuss how regional theatre initiatives can make a contribution to the promotion of and respect for women's rights in the ...
The United States, on the other hand, has been pressing the Taliban to form an "inclusive government" with all ethnic groups on board and respect human rights, especially women's rights, by freezing Afghanistan's funds and not recognizing the Taliban government. The Taliban, on their part, ...