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By 2021, Afghan women had secured 69 out of 249 seats in parliament, women were negotiating peace across the country, and laws were in place allowing women to include their names on their children’s birth certificates and identification cards.
Three years of Taliban rule in Afghanistan has led to the “striking” erasure of women from public life, which is also reflected at the community and household levels, a senior official with the...
Three years after the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan, more women than ever are fleeing the country – but not without taking great risks.
Today, Afghanistan is the most restrictive country in the world for women, and the only one that bans high school education for girls, experts say. Girls playing on a hillside overlooking Kabul...
The Taliban have prevented women across Afghanistan from working. Most female government employees have been told to stay at home, with the exception those working in certain sectors such as health and education. In the private sector, many women have been dismissed from high-level positions.
Women's rights in Afghanistan are severely restricted by the Taliban. In 2023, the United Nations termed Afghanistan as the world's most repressive country for women. [ 4 ] Since the US troops withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, the Taliban gradually imposed restrictions on women's freedom of movement, education, and employment.
Women from across Afghanistan have been telling us about their daily lives under Taliban rule. A dressmaker, a teacher, a karate trainer, an audiobook narrator, a religious school teacher and a...
In focus: Women in Afghanistan one year after the Taliban takeover. One year ago, on 15 August 2021, the Taliban entered Afghanistan’s capital city of Kabul and took control of the country. Over the past 12 months, human rights violations against women and girls have mounted steadily.
Two years after the Taliban seized power, Afghan women say their rights have been wiped out and futures stolen.
Women’s rights in Afghanistan have always been a matter of fierce struggle over regimes and generations, but the oppression that Afghan women and girls are experiencing since August 2021 is unmatched in terms of scale and generational impact.