Amu: A new survey by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), alongside U.N. Women and the International Organization for Migration, warns that the Taliban’s “Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice” law empowers officials to apply repressive measures that extend beyond targeting women, creating a mechanism for broader social control. The report further reveals that women are facing what it calls “confinement within their homes,” noting that the law has fostered a culture that treats women as second-class citizens. Click here to read more (external link).

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