She Is Staying In Afghanistan To Ensure Women's Gains Aren't Lost Under Taliban Rule
3 years, 4 months ago

She Is Staying In Afghanistan To Ensure Women's Gains Aren't Lost Under Taliban Rule

NPR  

She Is Staying In Afghanistan To Ensure Women's Gains Aren't Lost Under Taliban Rule Enlarge this image toggle caption Wakil Kohsar/AFP via Getty Images Wakil Kohsar/AFP via Getty Images From 1996 to 2001, when the Taliban previously held power in Afghanistan, women and girls were denied basic rights, such as the ability to go to school, hold a job outside the home or travel unescorted. Sponsor Message Seraj is staying in Afghanistan, she says, because she wants to protect the women and girls she's responsible for — but also because it is her country and "I don't want anybody to force me this time to get out of this land." Enlarge this image toggle caption Sajjad Hussain/AFP via Getty Images Sajjad Hussain/AFP via Getty Images "Not going to hide" "I am responsible for a group of women and girls in Afghanistan belonging to a category of women that have been hurt — they have been abused and used all their lives," Seraj explains. Seraj says because she can't get these women out of the country and won't put them on the street, she stays to "keep some law and order" in place.

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Taliban's latest misogynistic diktat for NGOs in Afghanistan: Either stop employing women or face closure
1 week, 4 days ago

Taliban's latest misogynistic diktat for NGOs in Afghanistan: Either stop employing women or face closure

India TV News  

In what comes as a new diktat in Afghanistan, the Taliban has asked all national and foreign nongovernmental groups to stop employing women, threatening to close those which don't follow the latest orders. In a letter posted on social media, Afghanistan's economy ministry said that if NGOs fail to comply with the latest order, they will lose their license to …

Thanks to the Taliban’s new rules on birth, even more women will die
1 month ago

Thanks to the Taliban’s new rules on birth, even more women will die

The Independent  

The faces of the midwives who delivered my children are etched into my memory: Minnie, who performed an emergency episiotomy as my eldest’s heart rate yo-yoed alarmingly, and Barbara, who calmly manoeuvred my youngest into place after her shoulder wedged itself dangerously into my pelvis. On Tuesday, reports indicated that it had shut down midwifery training colleges in the country, …

'Afghanistan is a pot with no cover; anything can fall in it, anything can be taken'
1 month, 4 weeks ago

'Afghanistan is a pot with no cover; anything can fall in it, anything can be taken'

Firstpost  

In an exclusive interview with Firstpost, Afghan women’s rights activist Mahbouba Seraj gave her take on China, Russia and other foreign actors’ growing ties with the Taliban. Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday issued strong backing for Afghanistan at a regional conference, while making no mention of human rights abuses by the country’s Taliban leaders. In an exclusive conversation with …

'Afghanistan is facing gender-based apartheid, world must come together to address it'
2 months ago

'Afghanistan is facing gender-based apartheid, world must come together to address it'

Firstpost  

In an exclusive conversation with Firstpost, Afghan human rights activist Mahbouba Seraj narrates how the Taliban’s new ban has taken the country by surprise On October 26, the women in Afghanistan faced another brunt from the Taliban regime after they were barred from technically “hearing each other”. The Taliban’s Minister of Vice and Virtue, Khalid Hanafi, issued a new ban …

Taliban further restricts women's voices with ban on praying aloud in front of other women
2 months, 1 week ago

Taliban further restricts women's voices with ban on praying aloud in front of other women

ABC  

The Taliban has extended restrictions on Afghan women's voices by banning them from praying loudly or reciting the Koran in front of other women. She noted that Afghan women defied the restrictions announced in August, using hashtags like #MyVoiceIsNotForbidden to protest the Taliban's description of a woman's voice as "awra", or a private part of the body. "Banning even women's …

Afghan women ‘banned from hearing each other’ in bizarre new Taliban rule
2 months, 1 week ago

Afghan women ‘banned from hearing each other’ in bizarre new Taliban rule

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Mohammad Khalid Hanafi, the Taliban minister for the propagation …

How Taliban’s Draconian ‘Morality’ Law Targets Afghan Women, Who Are The Muhtasibs?
4 months ago

How Taliban’s Draconian ‘Morality’ Law Targets Afghan Women, Who Are The Muhtasibs?

News 18  

How miserable are women in Afghanistan can be understood from the fact that the Taliban have passed a new “morality” law — ‘Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice’ — which imposes its interpretation of sharia or Islamic law on people and bans women from showing any part of their bodies or faces in public. Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada …

Taliban rejects UN concerns over laws banning women's voices and bare faces in public
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Taliban rejects UN concerns over laws banning women's voices and bare faces in public

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Roza Otunbayeva, who heads the U.N. mission in the …

Taliban vice and virtue laws provide 'distressing vision' for Afghanistan, warns UN envoy
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Taliban vice and virtue laws provide 'distressing vision' for Afghanistan, warns UN envoy

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Taliban’s new vice and …

Afghan women stage rare protests, braving Taliban reprisals
10 months ago

Afghan women stage rare protests, braving Taliban reprisals

Al Jazeera  

Small groups of Afghan women have gathered in private spaces to demand that harsh restrictions on their freedoms be lifted, despite recent Taliban crackdowns on protests that have seen activists detained. On Friday, Richard Bennett, the United Nations special rapporteur for human rights in Afghanistan, called on the Taliban government “to immediately and unconditionally release all those who have been …

Taliban sending Afghan women to prison to protect them from gender-based violence, says UN report
1 year ago

Taliban sending Afghan women to prison to protect them from gender-based violence, says UN report

The Independent  

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Amina Zurmati and Qudratullah Zurmati
1 year, 3 months ago

Amina Zurmati and Qudratullah Zurmati

The Diplomat  

Many Afghan women never experienced the Taliban’s first period of rule in the 1990s. There have been widespread reports of the Taliban’s attacks on human rights defenders, prosecution of minorities, suppression of women’s rights, forced disappearances, and extrajudicial executions, among others. As individuals who fight and defend the rights of women and minorities peacefully, we have been forced to either …

Two Years After Kabul's Fall: Afghans Speak of Hope and Challenges Under Taliban Rule
1 year, 4 months ago

Two Years After Kabul's Fall: Afghans Speak of Hope and Challenges Under Taliban Rule

News 18  

Two years since the Taliban stormed back to power in Afghanistan after 20 years of war against the United States and its allies, life has changed dramatically for many Afghans, particularly women. “People don’t buy much of our produce any more,” said Azizi, who farms just over one hectare of rented land. Now, he is a police officer in the …

Afghan women urge Taliban to lift ban on working in NGOs
1 year, 6 months ago

Afghan women urge Taliban to lift ban on working in NGOs

Firstpost  

Women in Afghanistan who lost their jobs in non-governmental organisations by the order of the Taliban have urged the regime to remove the ban at the earliest. These women said that it is the responsibility of the Taliban government to ensure their employment to support their families, according to TOLO News. In the section that does not have any Sharia …

Taliban leader claims women are provided with a ‘comfortable and prosperous life’ in Afghanistan
1 year, 6 months ago

Taliban leader claims women are provided with a ‘comfortable and prosperous life’ in Afghanistan

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — The supreme leader of the Taliban released a message Sunday claiming that his government has taken the necessary steps for the betterment of women’s lives in Afghanistan, where women are banned from public life and work and girls’ education is severely curtailed. In his Eid message Akhundzada said that under the rule of the Islamic Emirate, concrete measures …

Afghan Women and Migration in the Era of Restrictions
1 year, 8 months ago

Afghan Women and Migration in the Era of Restrictions

The Diplomat  

Since taking power in August 2021, the Taliban have progressively imposed greater and greater restrictions on Afghan women’s mobility, presence in public, access to education and healthcare, and right to work. During the months that followed, the Taliban indefinitely banned Afghan girls from attending secondary schools, fired female employees in Kabul’s city government, disallowed Afghan women from boarding domestic or …

Afghan woman fears for life if sent to Afghanistan after visa denial
1 year, 9 months ago

Afghan woman fears for life if sent to Afghanistan after visa denial

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Her MP, Alison Thewliss, said …

World faces tough choices in dealing with Taliban-ruled Afghanistan
1 year, 9 months ago

World faces tough choices in dealing with Taliban-ruled Afghanistan

The Hindu  

Published : Mar 22, 2023 14:24 IST - 7 MINS READ On the third anniversary of the Doha Agreement, signed on February 29, 2020, between the United States and the Afghan Taliban, US spokesperson Ned Price said that the Afghan Taliban were empowered by the agreement. The Afghan Taliban, in its statement, celebrated the day on which the US-led foreign …

Afghan women deserve a Nobel Peace Prize
1 year, 9 months ago

Afghan women deserve a Nobel Peace Prize

Al Jazeera  

Under the Taliban regime, Afghan women are facing growing hostility and restrictions, but they continue to resist. Indeed, Fatima has emerged as a symbol of women and girls’ struggle for their rights under the Taliban regime. Afghan women have been banned from going to parks, gyms, and other public places and from working in nongovernmental organisations and certain government institutions. …

UN: Afghanistan is world’s most repressive country for women
1 year, 10 months ago

UN: Afghanistan is world’s most repressive country for women

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — Since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021, the country has become the most repressive in the world for women and girls, deprived of virtually all their basic rights, the United Nations said in grim assessments on International Women’s Day. The U.N. Mission said in a statement Wednesday that Afghanistan’s new rulers have shown an almost “singular …

UN envoy in Afghanistan warns of aid cuts over Taliban crackdown on women's rights
1 year, 10 months ago

UN envoy in Afghanistan warns of aid cuts over Taliban crackdown on women's rights

Firstpost  

The Taliban administration, which seized power in August 2021 as US-led forces withdrew from Afghanistan after 20 years of war, says it respects women’s rights in accordance with its strict interpretation of Islamic law United Nations: The UN envoy in Afghanistan warned on Wednesday that a Taliban administration crackdown on women’s rights is likely to lead to a drop in …

‘Devil has returned’: Afghan women forced to go back to abusive husbands
1 year, 10 months ago

‘Devil has returned’: Afghan women forced to go back to abusive husbands

Live Mint  

The Taliban regime in Afghanistan has recently forced women to return to their abusive husbands, in stark contrast to the ongoing global celebration of International Women's Day which honors women's achievements and advocates for gender equality. The Taliban government adheres to an austere interpretation of Islam and has imposed severe restrictions on women's lives that the United Nations called "gender-based …

Afghan women's activist fights Taliban and self-doubt
1 year, 10 months ago

Afghan women's activist fights Taliban and self-doubt

The Hindu  

Mahbouba Seraj is a rare dissenting voice in Afghanistan, but the veteran activist has begun to doubt whether the world is listening when she speaks out against the Taliban government's abuses. Ms. Seraj has a role both rarified and agonising in Afghanistan, where she returned in 2003 after around a quarter century of self-imposed exile during the Soviet occupation, civil …

She joined the women’s protests against the Taliban in Afghanistan. Now she’s wants the UK to take her in
1 year, 11 months ago

She joined the women’s protests against the Taliban in Afghanistan. Now she’s wants the UK to take her in

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Then I went out on the 4, 5 and …

UN’s top woman in Afghanistan for talks on Taliban crackdown
1 year, 11 months ago

UN’s top woman in Afghanistan for talks on Taliban crackdown

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The highest-ranking woman in the United Nations arrived in Kabul on Tuesday at the head of a delegation promoting the rights of women and girls, a response to the recent crackdown by Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers. Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed, a former Nigerian Cabinet minister and a Muslim, was joined by Sima Bahous, executive director of UN Women, …

Taliban heap another injustice on women
2 years ago

Taliban heap another injustice on women

Hindustan Times  

If there is one demographic that has suffered the most brutal oppression since the Taliban swept to power in Afghanistan last year, it is women, with indignity and injustice heaped upon them, time after time. Soon after the chaotic American exit and the shock collapse of Kabul in September 2021, women were pushed out of government and public policy roles, …

Timeline: Taliban crackdown on Afghan women’s education, rights
2 years ago

Timeline: Taliban crackdown on Afghan women’s education, rights

Al Jazeera  

Group has backtracked on promises to guarantee certain rights for girls and women since its return to power last year. May 2022: Stay at home Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhunzada orders women on May 7 to fully cover themselves, including their faces, in public and generally stay at home. August 2022: Protests break out Taliban fighters beat women protesters chanting …

Afghan women, undeterred by Taliban, secretly network for change
2 years, 1 month ago

Afghan women, undeterred by Taliban, secretly network for change

Al Jazeera  

For months, Shamail Naseri has been moving house-to-house to evade arrest by Taliban authorities. Naseri, along with other women’s activists, has been actively involved in providing support to vulnerable Afghan women after the Taliban-led Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan government dissolved critical state support structures like the Ministry of Women’s Affairs and after key organisations, including the largest network of women’s …

‘Leaders have gone silent’: Malala calls for UK to help oppressed Afghan women
2 years, 1 month ago

‘Leaders have gone silent’: Malala calls for UK to help oppressed Afghan women

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai has called on the UK Government …

Empowering Afghan Women and Their Civil Resistance
2 years, 2 months ago

Empowering Afghan Women and Their Civil Resistance

The Diplomat  

After the Taliban’s return to power in 2021, the international community lost everything that it had invested in the last two decades in Afghanistan. The military resistance on the ground, supported by neighboring countries, and the international community’s stance against the Taliban’s strict rules gave Afghan women hope for resistance. Some Survival Strategies To support Afghan women who still fight …

On UN Afghan women report, Taliban's clarification. Then, vehement rejection
2 years, 3 months ago

On UN Afghan women report, Taliban's clarification. Then, vehement rejection

Hindustan Times  

Taliban authorities on Tuesday condemned UN accusations that they are violating the rights of women to work in Afghanistan, insisting thousands are employed in the country's public sector. "Working together in one office is not possible in our Islamic system," he said, a day after a United Nations rights expert said there had been a "staggering regression" in women's rights …

Why the Taliban’s war on women is gravest women’s rights crisis in world
2 years, 4 months ago

Why the Taliban’s war on women is gravest women’s rights crisis in world

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Experts came together for a highly emotional event hosted …

A year after Taliban, Afghans who chose to stay fear grim future
2 years, 4 months ago

A year after Taliban, Afghans who chose to stay fear grim future

Al Jazeera  

A judge and a professor say they decided to stay back – despite threats and adverse conditions – to help other Afghans. Even as her friends and colleagues fled fearing the new regime, Alimi, one of only 270 female judges in the country, chose to stay back despite the threats against her. “I can’t even imagine what would they would …

'Where Will Women Learn Shariah Lessons?': Taliban Minister Calls For Girls’ Education In Afghanistan
2 years, 7 months ago

'Where Will Women Learn Shariah Lessons?': Taliban Minister Calls For Girls’ Education In Afghanistan

ABP News  

New Delhi: Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, the deputy minister of foreign affairs in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, Sunday said education was women’s rights which should be provided to them, and that it was the responsibility of the government to ensure a safe environment for girls’ education in the country, TOLOnews reported. The statement came even as the Taliban rulers in Afghanistan have …

Taliban wants to erase women from public life of Afghanisthan: Malala Yousafzai
2 years, 7 months ago

Taliban wants to erase women from public life of Afghanisthan: Malala Yousafzai

Live Mint  

After Taliban issued a new decree ordering all Afghan women to wear burqa, Nobel Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai urged world leaders to hold Taliban accountable for violating human rights. Speaking out of concern for women and girls in the country, she took to Twitter to say, Taliban want to erase girls and women from all public life in Afghanistan. A …

US says it will increase pressure on Taliban if decisions on women not reversed
2 years, 8 months ago

US says it will increase pressure on Taliban if decisions on women not reversed

India Today  

The United States will take steps to increase pressure on Afghanistan's Taliban government to reverse some of its recent decisions restricting the rights of women and girls if the hardline group shows no sign of rescinding the actions on its own. The ideal face covering was the all-encompassing blue burqa, the group said, referring to the garment that was obligatory …

Afghan women deplore Taliban’s new order to cover faces in public
2 years, 8 months ago

Afghan women deplore Taliban’s new order to cover faces in public

Al Jazeera  

In their latest decree, the Taliban say it is ‘required for all respectable Afghan women to wear a hijab’. The Taliban’s recently reinstated Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice announced on Saturday that it is “required for all respectable Afghan women to wear a hijab”, or headscarf. Samira Hamidi, an Afghan activist and senior researcher at …

Taliban orders Afghan women to cover their faces in public
2 years, 8 months ago

Taliban orders Afghan women to cover their faces in public

Al Jazeera  

The move is one of the harshest restrictions imposed on Afghanistan’s women since the Taliban seized power last year. Afghanistan’s supreme leader has ordered the country’s women to cover their faces in public – one of the harshest restrictions imposed on them since the Taliban seized power last year and an escalation of growing restrictions on women that is drawing …

Shrinking public space for Afghan women as Taliban expands curbs
2 years, 9 months ago

Shrinking public space for Afghan women as Taliban expands curbs

Al Jazeera  

The group is reimposing draconian restrictions, especially against women, that are reminiscent of their past regime. She questioned whether the Taliban’s intention was to discourage women from going to work “considering the restrictions they keep imposing, I fear that they eventually won’t let women go to work without mahram, because having mahram at work is not possible”, she said. “This …

4 Afghan Women Describe How Life Has Changed Under Taliban Rule
2 years, 9 months ago

4 Afghan Women Describe How Life Has Changed Under Taliban Rule

Huff Post  

Around 19 million Afghan women are facing a harsh reality and an uncertain future under the Taliban regime that took power last August following the withdrawal of U.S. forces in Afghanistan. “Art is no longer alive inside me.” But who would have thought that a normal day in your life may suddenly turn into a crime? We have our worries …

How is life for Afghan women under Taliban rule?
2 years, 9 months ago

How is life for Afghan women under Taliban rule?

Al Jazeera  

On Tuesday, March 22 at 19:30 GMT: Women’s rights have eroded in Afghanistan in the seven months since the Taliban took power, despite promises by the leadership to uphold them. In a tweet published on March 8 – International Women’s Day – the Taliban vowed to defend women’s rights under Sharia, saying, “We protect and defend the rights of our …

Arrested, abducted and tortured: The Taliban betray their promises on women
2 years, 10 months ago

Arrested, abducted and tortured: The Taliban betray their promises on women

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. ‘Taliban are trying to erase women from society’ Samira …

A brief history of Afghan women's rights
2 years, 11 months ago

A brief history of Afghan women's rights

The Hindu  

"I was working for the Defense Ministry. "Why would anyone do that," Ghafari asks rhetorically, explaining that many women simply have no choice: As single mothers and the sole bread-earners of the family, they have been particularly affected by the Taliban's ban on work for women. The regime has also banned women from showing their faces on all kinds of …

Afghan women face hardship as Taliban struggles to revive economy
2 years, 11 months ago

Afghan women face hardship as Taliban struggles to revive economy

Al Jazeera  

Several Afghan women Al Jazeera spoke to say they have struggled to put food on the table as Taliban fails to revive the economy. According to independent Afghan analyst Ahmed-Waleed Kakar, “the main challenges for women are those reflected across the country at large – the financial and economic,” he told Al Jazeera. “Teachers comprised the largest bulk of women’s …

No long-distance road trips for Afghan women without male relative: Taliban
3 years ago

No long-distance road trips for Afghan women without male relative: Taliban

The Hindu  

Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities said Sunday that women seeking to travel long distances should not be offered road transport unless they are accompanied by a close male relative. “Women travelling for more than 45 miles should not be offered a ride if they are not accompanied by a close family member,” ministry spokesman Sadeq Akif Muhajir told AFP on Sunday, specifying …

Taliban say Afghan women can't go on long-distance road trips 'without male escort'
3 years ago

Taliban say Afghan women can't go on long-distance road trips 'without male escort'

India Today  

Afghanistan's Taliban authorities said Sunday that women seeking to travel long distances should not be offered road transport unless they are accompanied by a close male relative. "Women travelling for more than 45 miles should not be offered a ride if they are not accompanied by a close family member," ministry spokesman Sadeq Akif Muhajir told AFP on Sunday, specifying …

No long-distance travel for women without male relative: Taliban
3 years ago

No long-distance travel for women without male relative: Taliban

Al Jazeera  

Taliban authorities say women must be accompanied by close male relative if travelling for more than 72km, drawing condemnation. In Afghanistan, the Taliban authorities say women seeking to travel long distances should not be allowed on road transport unless they are accompanied by a close male relative. “Women travelling for more than 72km should not be offered a ride if …

What Taliban mean for Afghans, writes Afghan woman mayor Zarifa Ghafari | VIEW
3 years, 1 month ago

What Taliban mean for Afghans, writes Afghan woman mayor Zarifa Ghafari | VIEW

India Today  

Nearly three months after the Taliban illegitimately wrested power, Afghanistan is at the edge of abyss. It is becoming clear that Taliban 2.0 are going to be worse, as their worldview remains unchanged, rooted in medieval ideologies especially, on the crucial issue of women rights. Though in the first Taliban news conference after the group regained control of the Afghan …

Taliban chief bans forced marriage of women in Afghanistan
3 years, 1 month ago

Taliban chief bans forced marriage of women in Afghanistan

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — The Taliban decreed on Friday they were banning forced marriage of women in Afghanistan, a move apparently meant to address criteria the international community consider a precondition to recognizing their government and restoring aid to the war-torn country. The move was announced by the reclusive Taliban chief, Hibatullah Akhunzada, a cleric chosen as the group’s supreme leader who …

Taliban bans forced marriage of women in Afghanistan
3 years, 1 month ago

Taliban bans forced marriage of women in Afghanistan

Al Jazeera  

Taliban chief in a decree says women should not be considered ‘property’ and must consent to marriage. The Taliban has issued a decree barring forced marriage in Afghanistan, saying women should not be considered “property” and must consent to marriage, but questions remain about whether the group that returned to power in mid-August would extend women’s rights around work and …

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