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Afghan Girls Going Back to School is ‘Primary Concern’, Says Former President

21st March, 2023 · admin · Leave a comment

Khaama: In an interview with Canada’s CBC TV, the former president of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, said on Monday that allowing girls to return to school is the Afghan people’s ‘primary concern’. He said banning women’s education is a very serious issue for Afghanistan and the children in our country. He emphasized that “education is the

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Posted in Afghan Women, Education, Taliban | Tags: Hamid Karzai, Taliban war on women |
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Afghan Student in India Wins Gold Medal, Dedicates It to Afghan Women Barred from University

19th March, 2023 · admin · Leave a comment

Anjana Pasricha VOA News March 19, 2023 MUMBAI — When Razia Muradi, a 27-year-old Afghan student, won a gold medal for her performance in a master’s program in a college in India, her thoughts flashed back to her homeland, she told VOA this week. Growing up in Bamiyan province in Afghanistan, the future looked promising. She

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Posted in Afghan Women, Education, India-Afghanistan Relations, Taliban | Tags: Razia Muradi, Taliban war on women |
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Parents call for reopening of Afghan girls’ schools

18th March, 2023 · admin · Leave a comment

Khaama: On Saturday, several parents and students urged the caretaker government of Afghanistan to reopen secondary schools for girls, which had been shuttered for the previous 544 days. Parents of the students expressed concern for their children’s future and urged the authorities to allow their daughters to return to school. Click here to read more

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Posted in Afghan Children, Afghan Women, Education, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Taliban war on women |
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Afghanistan dispatch: ‘women’s ability to access the court system has been completely wrecked’

13th March, 2023 · admin

JURIST: After August 2021, women’s participation in the Taliban government reached zero. Given the Taliban’s rules restricting women’s lives, women’s contribution to the social and political life of the country is destroyed—at least under Taliban rule. Considering this, women cannot access justice agencies and in most areas their petitions asking for justice cannot not be

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Posted in Afghan Women, Crime and Punishment, Society, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Taliban government failure, Taliban war on women |
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The Woman Library in Kabul Closes Due to the Taliban’s Restrictions Against Women

13th March, 2023 · admin

8am: Officials of the Woman Library in Kabul say that this library has been closed due to the restrictions imposed by the Taliban on education and work against women. Ms. Parsi added that the Woman Library was established six months ago with the aim of promoting the culture of reading and informing women in Pole

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Posted in Afghan Women, Education, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Taliban war on women |
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UN: Taliban-Run Afghanistan Becomes World’s ‘Most Repressive’ Nation for Women

8th March, 2023 · admin

Ayaz Gul VOA News March 8, 2023 ISLAMABAD — The United Nations said Wednesday that Taliban restrictions on the rights of women and girls had “effectively trapped” most of them in their homes, turning Afghanistan into the “most repressive” country in the world for women. The U.N. statement marking International Women’s Day comes as female activists

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Posted in Afghan Children, Afghan Women, Education, Human Rights, Society, Taliban, UN-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Taliban war on women |
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ILO: Afghan Women Bear Brunt of Job Losses After Taliban Takeover

7th March, 2023 · admin

Ayaz Gul VOA News March 7, 2023 ISLAMABAD — The International Labor Organization said Tuesday that female employment levels in Afghanistan had fallen steeply since the Taliban took over the war-ravaged country. The ILO, in a new report, found that Taliban curbs on women’s activities and their ability to work had contributed to the decline. It

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Posted in Afghan Children, Afghan Women, Economic News, Education, Human Rights, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Taliban war on women |
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Public Universities Open, Female Students Not Admitted

6th March, 2023 · admin

Tolo News: Universities in the cold areas of the country started classes on Monday with the absence of female students. In December of last year, the Ministry of Higher Education announced that the female students are suspended from going to universities until further notice. The female students meanwhile expressed criticism over the closure of their

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Posted in Afghan Children, Afghan Women, Education, Taliban | Tags: Balkh, Life under Taliban rule, Taliban war on women |
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Niklasson: No Talk of Girls Returning to Classes in New School Year

5th March, 2023 · admin

Tolo News: The European Union special envoy for Afghanistan, Tomas Niklasson, said that the issue of girls’ schools was discussed with authorities, but he did not hear any commitment about opening classes for the new school year. Niklasson who is on a visit to Afghanistan, has met with several senior officials of the Islamic Emirate.

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Posted in Afghan Children, Afghan Women, Education, EU-Afghanistan Relations, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Taliban war on women |
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Thousands of women in Afghanistan likely to be punished for adultery after Taliban invalidates divorces

5th March, 2023 · admin

Livemint: Under the previous government, the women were granted one-sided divorce helping them to escape abusive and drug-addicted husbands. Some of these women remarried to start a new life, but the extreme imposition of Islamic law by the Taliban is making these women vulnerable to imprisonment or other types of violent punishments for the crime

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Posted in Afghan Women, Human Rights, Taliban | Tags: Domestic Violence, Life under Taliban rule, Taliban war on women |
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