AFGHANISTAN – TALIBAN MISTREATMEMT OF WOMEN HAS GLOBAL RAMIFICATIONS The Taliban’s well-documented oppression is more than just a problem for the women and girls of Afghanistan. The country’s misrule is a signal to the world that gender-based discrimination can be ignored—even condoned. This...
and i know well the mental health toll that such subjugation took not just on me, but on millions of afghan girls and women who have been denied their human rights. the exclusion of afghan women from the doha meeting has drawn widespread criticism. nobel peace prize laureate malala...
Taliban Behead 17 Men and Women for Partyingkandahar, ahmad nadeem
Kabul— The Taliban's effective ban on women working sank in on Monday, sparking rage over the dramatic loss of rights after millions of female teachers and girls were barred from secondary school education. After pledging a softer version of their brutal and repressive regime of the 1990s, the...
WOMEN UNDER THE TALIBANDr. Soheir Stolba, medical anthropologist and president of The SHARE Institute, spoke Oct. 16 on "Women under the Taliban: a Tale of Tragedy and Hope" at the Marin Chapter of the World Affairs Council. More than 250 people attended the lecture, which was held at ...
Girls are not allowed to attend school beyond the sixth grade, and women aren't permitted to travel outside their homes without male chaperones. A crackdown on freedom of expression and the hugely limited employment opportunities for Afghan women since the Taliban's retaking of power in the sum...
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Restrictions that limit access to education, employment, freedom of movement, and women's full, equal and meaningful participation in public life contradict the expectations of the international community and the commitments made by the Taliban to the Afghan people, said the Security Council in a pr...
(a head to toe covering with a mesh opening to sec through). Women were reportedly beaten and flogged for violating Taliban edicts. There seemed to be little doubt in the minds of many that the United States, with its impressive political and economic leverage in the region, could help ...
Tuesday's order, which is effectively immediately, completed all the restrictions the Taliban imposed on Afghan woman's life in the 1990s, taking Afghanistan and Afghan women nearly three decades back. "Based on cabinet decision…education for women is suspended until further notice," reads the st...