Since the Taliban was ousted in 2001, activists have been fighting for women’s educational, reproductive and political rights in the country. Now they fear the progress they made will vanish.

Women’s right to travel within Afghanistan and abroad has also been restricted. Late last year, it was announced that women would require a male escort to travel long distances within the country.

When the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan in August 2021, their intent to suffocate the rights of women and girls became immediately apparent. Protests by women began just as quickly: they ...

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The tech entrepreneur and human rights advocate said Bitcoin and other crypto assets offered her sisters suffering under the ...

Women Don’t Feel They Have Rights: Over the past decade, Afghan women have made tremendous strides, but the situation in Afghanistan is at a pivotal and dangerous point.

The event featured three prominent experts on women’s rights in Afghanistan – Najia Mahmodi, former Chief Prosecutor for Elimination of Violence Against Women; Martin Smith, PBS Senior Foreign ...

Women’s rights and the US’s ‘civilising’ mission in Afghanistan. The US imperial endeavours in Afghanistan and anywhere else in the world have never benefitted women and their rights.

The law, governing Afghanistan's Shiite population (one third of the country) forced women back to Taliban-era (read that, Stone Age) oppression. And that was just the beginning.

WASHINGTON (KCBS) The group Human Rights Watch has released a report showing why women's rights should be a priority in any political agreement with insurgent forces in Afghanistan. Conditions for ...