Afghanistan

On International Day of the Girl, Plan International Australia CEO Susanne Legena speaks with 17-year-old Plan youth activist Lena Nabizada.

The Taliban’s newly enacted “vice and virtue” law imposes severe restrictions on women’s rights, including their freedom of speech, movement, and appearance, reversing decades of progress made in Afghanistan.

An Afghan refugee, Hanifa is running a marathon for the women and girls in her home country who no longer have the same opportunities.

Australia has launched an initiative with Canada, Germany and the Netherlands to “formally” condemn the Taliban’s oppression of women.

Meryl Streep has spoken out against the injustices women in Afghanistan are facing under the Taliban’s repressive regime. 

International bodies respond to Taliban’s new law banning women’s voices from being heard in public, and enforcing strict dress codes.

Despite 134 countries signing on to key 2030 targets, gender equality progress is stalling and even declining for much or the world.

Taliban officials in Afghanistan have issued a ban on women’s voices and bare faces in public under a new set of morality laws.

On the three year anniversary of the Taliban’s takeover, the situation for women and girls in Afghanistan remains a ‘total nightmare’

Kimia Yousofi, Fariba Hashimi and Yuldoz Hashimi are the the only female athletes representing Afghanistan at the Paris Games. 

Codifying gender apartheid under international law is an essential component of the pursuit of gender equality, writes Penelope Andrews,

Australian-based Afghan athlete Kimia Yousofi has been selected for her third Olympic Games for the 100m sprint event.