Agenda Sports The three Olympians who can’t play sport in their country but are competing for Afghanistan Kimia Yousofi, Fariba Hashimi and Yuldoz Hashimi are the the only female athletes representing Afghanistan at the Paris Games.
News & Views Gender apartheid: oppression of women should be made a crime against humanity – feminist academic explains why Codifying gender apartheid under international law is an essential component of the pursuit of gender equality, writes Penelope Andrews,
Agenda Sports ‘I represent the stolen dreams’: Australian-based Kimia Yousofi selected in Afghanistan’s Olympic team Australian-based Afghan athlete Kimia Yousofi has been selected for her third Olympic Games for the 100m sprint event.
News & Views Forced to flee Afghanistan, Mursal Sadat and Parisa Sekandari epitomise resilience and determination Mursal Sadat and Parisa Sekandari epitomise the resilience and determination of Afghan women forging new lives in Australia.
News & Views First Afghan female Olympian wants Afghanistan banned from Paris Olympics Afghanistan’s first female Olympian is campaigning for her own country to be barred from the upcoming Paris Games.
Agenda Sports Cricket Australia postpones men’s T20 series against Afghanistan over Taliban’s treatment of women Cricket Australia says it won’t play in a Twenty20 series against Afghanistan due to human rights concerns for women in the country.
World ‘Please do not forget them’: Hazara women launch advocacy campaign for women under Taliban rule Hazara women from Afghanistan living in Australia have launched a campaign to raise awareness for the women and girls under the oppressive Taliban rule.
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 In Sydney, Malala talks FIFA’s missed opportunity, education and Barbie Malala spoke at a DEI Summit on Friday, where she called out FIFA’s failure to recognise Afghanistan’s women’s football team.