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Taliban enforces order for Afghan women TV anchors to cover faces
2 years, 7 months ago

Taliban enforces order for Afghan women TV anchors to cover faces

Al Jazeera  

Most female presenters were seen with their faces covered while on air on Sunday. Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have started to enforce a new order requiring all female TV news anchors in the country to cover their faces while on air. “Every Islamic scholar and political figure has opposed this decree.” The Taliban has said female presenters could wear medical masks …

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From exile, female former Afghan leader keeps fighting
3 years, 2 months ago

From exile, female former Afghan leader keeps fighting

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Two months after the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, one of the country’s once-prominent female leaders — a former parliament member, candidate for president and a nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize — is visiting the United Nations, not as a representative of her government but as a woman in exile. Women should not be only the …

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About the only job women can do for the Kabul government is clean female bathrooms, acting mayor says
3 years, 3 months ago

About the only job women can do for the Kabul government is clean female bathrooms, acting mayor says

CNN  

CNN — Female employees in the Kabul city government have been told to stay home, and only women whose jobs cannot be done by men are allowed to come to work – the latest restrictions imposed by the Taliban in Afghanistan. The order, announced by Kabul’s acting Mayor Hamdullah Nohmani on Sunday, effectively means women are now barred from government …

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No country for women: Taliban's all-male cabinet stirs fear of a 'dark future'
3 years, 3 months ago

No country for women: Taliban's all-male cabinet stirs fear of a 'dark future'

Firstpost  

Women in the country allege they have been relegated to their houses and that the progress they had made has already been overturned “The Taliban respects women’s rights. Pramila Patten, the acting head of UN Women, said, “Following today’s news of the exclusion of women in the new Government announced by the Taliban, I join with many around the world …

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Woman member of Afghanistan's peace team survives attack by gunmen near Kabul
4 years, 4 months ago

Woman member of Afghanistan's peace team survives attack by gunmen near Kabul

Firstpost  

Fawzia Koofi, who is part of a 21-member team which will represent the Afghan govt in upcoming peace talks with the Taliban, is in good health, said the team’s head. Kabul: A female member of Afghanistan’s peace negotiating team and a former parliamentarian survived an assassination attempt, Afghan officials said Saturday. Koofi is part of a 21 member team charged …

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