Women's Rights

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  Women's Rights

  2021-10-12

  UN chief urges Taliban to fix 'broken' promises made to women, girls

  'Broken promises lead to broken dreams for the women and girls of Afghanistan,' said UN Secretary-General António Guterres.

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  Women's Rights

  2021-10-01

  Defiant Afghan saffron entrepreneur refuses to be silenced by Taliban

  A woman who has employed hundreds of women to produce saffron since 2007 says she will not bow to the Taliban's efforts to silence her.

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  Women's Rights

  2021-09-30

  Taliban disperse female protesters with gunfire in Kabul

  The Taliban violently cracked down on a small group of women who were demonstrating against the ban on girls attending secondary school.

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  Women's Rights

  2021-09-22

  Deprived of schooling, Afghan women see future marred by darkness

  One month after seizing power and pledging a softer version of their previous regime, the Islamists have incrementally stripped away Afghans' freedoms.

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  Women's Rights

  2021-09-20

  Taliban restrictions on women working bring outrage, defiance

  The Taliban are tightening their control of women's freedoms one month after seizing power.

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  Women's Rights

  2021-09-07

  Defiant Afghan women demand their rights in face of Taliban threats

  Women have stepped up their defiance of the Taliban in recent days, unwilling to relinquish the gains they have made over the past 20 years.

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  Women's Rights

  2021-06-03

  Daughter of former Taliban militant becomes district police chief in Jawzjan

  'Peace is the only meaningful option for achieving our dreams,' Najiba Noor Delawari said. 'The Taliban are also our countrymen, and I hope we all witness a durable peace in our country.'

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  Women's Rights

  2021-05-04

  Afghan women stand together to warn of Taliban oppression

  Afghan women will not tolerate the Taliban's anti-woman culture, say activists.

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  Women's Rights

  2021-04-16

  Taliban's public flogging of young woman in kangaroo court sparks outrage

  A video clip shows a young woman being brutally flogged by Taliban fighters who take turns beating her in front of hundreds of men. Enraged Afghans are asking, how is this Islamic?

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  Women's Rights

  2021-03-30

  Young Afghan women reject possibility of return to 'dark times' of Taliban

  'If the Taliban want to return to power under the guise of peace and stop the advancement of girls, that kind of peace is unacceptable for us,' said one young Afghan woman.