Afghan Women’s Campaign to Recognize Gender Apartheid as a Crime Against Humanity
By Nazila Jamshidi Since the Taliban assumed power in 2021, Afghan women and girls have faced increasingly severe restrictions on...
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Three Years of Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan: Assessing the Impact and Charting a Path Forward
By Deema Hiram, Enayat Nasir, Rahim Jami, and Zarqa Yaftali The Taliban has completed three years of power in Afghanistan, forcibly...
Smirks of an Executioner
By T. T. Sh. On the second of October 2021, when an Iranian female journalist interviewed Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, he...
UN Faces Backlash Over Exclusion of Afghan Women in Doha Talks
By Tahmina Salik The Third Doha Meeting, convened by the United Nations (UN) on June 30, 2024, in Doha, represents...
Silent Dreams: The Story of an Afghan Educator in Taliban-Ruled Afghanistan
The following article was written by Hadia* as part of VIDC’s “Life under the Taliban” series, in which women and men from...
Voices from Vienna: Advocating for Afghan Girls‘ Education
By AND The Afghan Cultural Association AKIS, in collaboration with the Vienna Institute for International Dialogue and Cooperation (VIDC) organized...
Afghan Women Unite Against Gender Apartheid
By Nazila Jamshidi "Afghan women are coordinating their advocacy to strengthening the fight to codify gender apartheid as a crime...
Recent Statement by the Taliban Supreme Leader and Its Implications on Women’s Rights and the Justice System in Afghanistan
Nazila Jamshidi Recently, Hebtollah Akhundzadeh, the Taliban Supreme leader, addressed the Westerners in the audio tape that was broadcast on...
Closed Doors, Dimmed Dreams: The Taliban’s Crackdown on Girls’ Education in Afghanistan
By Ilhamuddin Afghan Since the Taliban takeover in 2021, Afghan girls above the sixth grade have been barred from formal...
Afghan Women’s War for Gender Equality
By Horia Mosadiq Under Taliban's oppressive regime, which came to power in August 2021, women have been effectively stripped of...
