Taliban claim women's rights are protected, UN decries bans
Sunday, 9 March 2025 On International Women's Day, the Taliban asserted their commitment to Afghan women's rights, claiming their protection and dignity are ensured. The statement clashes with the UN's ongoing criticism of severe restrictions on women since 2021, including bans on education, employment, and public appearances.
The women of Afghanistan are being persecuted under Taliban rule, but they're not standing down. Filmmaker Tamana Ayazi chronicles the harrowing reality of one women's rights advocate -- Zarifa Ghafari, Afghanistan's youngest female mayor -- in her documentary "In Her Hands." In conversation with...
Until Taliban authorities took power in Afghanistan, women like Fatima were able to freely sell their hair to be made into wigs, bringing in crucial cash. Last year Taliban authorities imposed vice and..
World 'more gender equal than ever', but progress is reversible, warns UN Women regional chief
Despite progress for women's and girls' rights around the world, these gains are fragile. In 2024, one..
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As March celebrates International Women's Day, exiled Cambodian politician and Nobel Prize nominee Mu Sochua spoke to Reuters about her worries that women's rights have regressed,..
Sunday, 9 March 2025
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