News & Views Hanifa escaped the Taliban. Now she’s running a marathon for Afghan women An Afghan refugee, Hanifa is running a marathon for the women and girls in her home country who no longer have the same opportunities.
News & Views Afghan women have been robbed of health care, education and now their voices. But they won’t remain silent The Taliban’s new law silences Afghan women and intensifies gender apartheid, restricting their rights and education.
World ‘Nothing short of barbaric’: Afghan women’s voices and faces banned in public under Taliban’s latest ruling Taliban officials in Afghanistan have issued a ban on women’s voices and bare faces in public under a new set of morality laws.
News & Views ‘A nightmare’: 1.4 million girls in Afghanistan have been denied their right to education since 2021 On the three year anniversary of the Taliban’s takeover, the situation for women and girls in Afghanistan remains a ‘total nightmare’
News & Views UN criticised for complying with Taliban’s restriction on women in talks Women’s groups in Afghanistan have criticised the UN’s decision to comply with Taliban’s restrictions on women at latest meetings.
News & Views Taliban sends Afghan women to prison to stop gender-based violence: UN report The Taliban is sending Afghan women to prison to protect them from the threat of gender-based violence, according to a UN report.
News & Views Afghan women are being pushed back to the Taliban as Pakistan forces them out There are calls for the government to engage with Pakistan over its policy that’s forcing Afghans to return to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.
News & Views Aussie teachers helping to save Afghan women from returning to violence of home country Australian teachers are helping to get humanitarian visa for their students from the Virtual School Australia. But time is running out.
News & Views Women and children account for two-thirds of the severely injured after Afghanistan earthquake Women and children account for two-thirds of the severely injured victims of the earthquakes in Afghanistan, the World Health Organisation has said.
News & Views Taliban bars women from entering major national park Women are now banned from entering one of Afghanistan’s most popular national park in the country, once again diminishing women’s rights.
News & Views More than 77,000 people call on FIFA to recognise Afghanistan’s national women’s soccer team More than 77,000 people are standing in solidarity with Afghanistan’s women’s soccer team and calling on FIFA to recognise the exiled team.
News & Views Taliban orders all beauty parlours to close in Afghanistan In Afghanistan, women’s beauty parlours have now been given one month to shut their doors. No reason has been given.