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    Gender Apartheid Must Be Recognised as a Crime Against Humanity, UN Experts Say

    The experts warned that in Afghanistan, Taliban edicts, policies and practices constitute an institutionalised system of discrimination, oppression and domination of women and girls,...

    Drastic Erosion of Women’s Rights in Taliban Ruled Afghanistan Continues

    Afghan women fear arrest, harassment and further punishment whenever a new Taliban decree is announced, according to a new multi-agency UN report issued on...

    Afghanistan: Aid Cutbacks, Taliban Abuses Imperil Health

    The loss of foreign assistance has severely harmed Afghanistan’s healthcare system and exacerbated malnutrition and illnesses resulting from inadequate medical care. In addition, Taliban...

    Restrictions on Afghan Women Continue Unabated: UN report

    Hundreds of Afghan women were forced to quit their jobs or have been arrested and denied access to essential services in the last quarter...

    How Afghan Women Connect and Learn in the Face of Taliban Restrictions

    Social media has become a lifeline for many women and girls in Afghanistan but not all can afford it. The prevalence of social media usage...

    Crafting a New Livelihood in Afghanistan

    Wire weaving to make Gabion Boxes leads one Afghan woman to improve her family's economic situation -- Fatema could find little work after her...

    Taliban Feels Women at Risk are Safer Behind Bars

    UNAMA's report says that, there was a "lack of clear delineation of responsibilities" with regard to gender-based-violence complaints. Afghan officials have, for the first...

    UNDP Calls for Unfreezing Afghan Assets as Taliban Have Reversed Gains of Past Decade

    In its latest report on Afghanistan under Taliban rule, the UNDP says that ten years of Afghan economic growth have been reversed in just...
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