Afghanistan

The International Cricket Council announced a monetary fund and task force last week to support the exiled Afghan women’s cricket team.

In Afghanistan, living conditions are so bad that some families are selling their children in order to feed the rest of the family.

Several thousand women are likely to die from complications during pregnancy and childbirth as a result of Trump’s foreign aid freeze.

Malala Yousafzai has given a powerful speech at an international education conference, calling on leaders to support girls’ education. 

Women training as midwives and nurses in Afghanistan have been barred by the Taliban from continuing their education.

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.