CBC: Shakila Zareen praises Canada for accepting her as a refugee after the U.S. turned its back – Zareen was 17 years old when she said her brother-in-law forced her to marry a man many years older. She said the abuse started on her wedding night and continued for months. “From right then and there, he began
Human Rights Watch: More than 8 out of 10 Afghan women and girls will suffer domestic and other violence in their lifetime. Before 2001, they had nowhere to run. These days there are some safe havens: the country’s tiny, but desperately important, network of women’s shelters. But these shelters are now under attack – and not for the
Economic Times: As a girl, Fawzia Koofi often used to play with dolls with her friends and fly kites with her brother on their rooftop in Badakhshan, Afghanistan. But today her two young daughters — or for that matter any girl in her country — cannot go to the rooftop and play. Click here to read
Al Jazeera:Females in the security services are often treated more harshly by the Taliban which has consistently opposed women’s rights.
Tolo News: A mural of slain Hamida Barmaki, who was killed in a Hizb-e-Islami suicide bombing six years ago, was painted on a T-wall close to the home of the group’s leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar on Sunday. The mural was painted by Kabul’s Artlords to mark International Women’s Day and to reflect crimes being carried out in the country. Click
Tolo News: Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) on Saturday released its yearly report on violence against women and said in the last year (1396 Solar Year) over 4,000 cases of violence against women were registered by the commission. AIHRC officials said the culture of impunity and lack of law enforcement have been the main reasons
RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan March 8, 2018 Hundreds of women marched in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on March 8 to mark International Women’s Day and to remind authorities that much remains to be done to give Afghan women a voice, ensure their education, and protect them from increasing violence. The head of the Afghan Independent
AFP: Several times a week Afghanistan’s female powerlifting team squeezes into a small carpeted room in Kabul where they strip off their body-covering abayas and pump iron. Lifting weights heavier than themselves, the women are also flexing their muscles in a deeply conservative and patriarchal country where sport has long been the domain of men. Click
PBS: Recently, a delegation of Afghan women leaders visited Washington, and we wanted to talk with some of them about what life is like for them in their country. This conversation took place before Afghan President Ashraf Ghani offered to bring the Taliban directly into the political process. Judy Woodruff spoke with two of these women.
Tolo News: At least 16 women from various universities took part in the first ever women’s ten pin bowling competition in Kabul on Monday. The tournament titled ‘Women the Symbol of Kindness’ was held ahead of International Women’s Day (IWD), March 8, and organized by the Afghanistan Ten Pin Bowling Federation. Afghanistan Ten Pin Bowling Federation was