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Taliban Seizes Afghan Professor For Giving Out Free Books To Women And Girls

7th February, 2023 · admin · Leave a comment

By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi: A man who wheeled books around Kabul and gave them out for free in response to a Taliban ban on higher education for girls and women was arrested on February 2. The day before, RFE/RL interviewed him as he made his rounds through the Afghan capital.

Posted in Afghan Women, Crime and Punishment, Education, Human Rights, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule |
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AIHRC Condemns Ill-Treatment of Elaha Delawarzai, Demands Her Unconditional Release

6th February, 2023 · admin · Leave a comment

8am: Afghanistan’s Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) strongly condemned the inhumane treatment of Elaha Delawarzai and demanded her unconditional release. AIHRC issued a press release on Monday, condemning the forced marriage, kidnapping and unlawful detention of Elaha Delawarzai by the Taliban. AIHRC asked the UNAMA office in Kabul, the UN Special Rapporteur, the UN Women’s

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Posted in Afghan Women, Human Rights, Taliban | Tags: Forced marriage by Taliban, Life under Taliban rule, prisoner, Taliban Rapists |
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Mahbouba Seraj Does Not Deserve Nobel Peace Prize: Afghan Protesting Women

5th February, 2023 · admin · Leave a comment

Khaama: The Coalition of Afghanistan Protesting Women (CAPW) says Mahbouba Seraj does not deserve to be a potential candidate for the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize. The CAPW in a statement has asked Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) to remove Mahbouba Suraj’s name from the Nobel Peace Prize candidacy. The CAPW in a statement has asked

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Posted in Afghan Women, Human Rights | Tags: Mahbouba Seraj |
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Taliban detains professor who protested ban on women’s education

3rd February, 2023 · admin

Al Jazeera: Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities have detained an academic who tore up his degrees on live television in protest against a ban on women’s university education in the country, his aide said on Friday. “From today I don’t need these diplomas any more because this country is no place for an education. If my sister

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Posted in Afghan Women, Crime and Punishment, Human Rights, Taliban | Tags: Freedom of Speech |
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UN Says Its Aid Agencies Will Not Quit Afghanistan Despite Taliban Restrictions

3rd February, 2023 · admin

Akmal Dawi VOA News February 2, 2023 WASHINGTON — The United Nations says its humanitarians will not leave Afghanistan and will continue delivering lifesaving aid despite Taliban restrictions on Afghan women’s work for nongovernmental organizations. “The humanitarian community does not go on strike,” Martin Griffiths, a top U.N. official for humanitarian affairs, told representatives of member

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Posted in Afghan Women, Economic News, Taliban, UN-Afghanistan Relations |
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Afghan Woman Topping the List for Nobel Peace Prize 2023

2nd February, 2023 · admin

Khaama: On February 1, 2023, the Oslo Peace Research Institute announced that Mahbouba Seraj, an Afghan women’s rights advocate, has been shortlisted as a candidate for the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize. Henrik Urdal, the director of the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), said yesterday that people who work to defend women’s and human rights are

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Posted in Afghan Women | Tags: Mahbouba Seraj |
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US Imposes New Visa Restrictions on Certain Taliban Elements

2nd February, 2023 · admin

8am: US imposes new visa restrictions on some Taliban members who are believed to be involved in repressing the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan. The restrictions come more than a month after the Taliban announced bans on women attending universities and working with non-governmental organizations, CNN reported. US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken,

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Posted in Afghan Women, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations |
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Time for Elon Musk’s Starlink to Save Afghanistan’s Women

31st January, 2023 · admin

Khaama: Mark R. Whittington, a renowned space exploration author, has discussed Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite that how best can help Afghan women who are banned from education by the Taliban, the Hill reported. The Starlink system can offer access to high-speed Internet in remote areas without installing cables or constructing a significant amount of new

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Posted in Afghan Women, Education, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations |
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Central Asian Universities Enrolling Afghan Women Amid Taliban College Ban

31st January, 2023 · admin

By Farangis Najibullah Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 30, 2023 With the Taliban government banning women from attending universities in Afghanistan, an EU-funded project is being revived to bring dozens of Afghan girls to study in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan. More than 100 Afghan girls who were awarded five-year scholarships are already in the host countries

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Posted in Afghan Women, Central Asia, Education, Uzbekistan-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Afghanistan-Kazakhstan |
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Humanitarians Await Taliban ‘Guidelines’ on Women Aid Workers

31st January, 2023 · admin

Margaret Besheer VOA News January 30, 2023 NEW YORK — The U.N. humanitarian chief said Monday that he is awaiting a list of guidelines from Taliban authorities to allow Afghan women to work in the humanitarian sector, following a decree last month that has restricted their work. “Let’s see if these guidelines do come through; let’s

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Posted in Afghan Women, Economic News, Taliban, UN-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Life under Taliban rule |
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