Afghanistan

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.

Mursal Sadat and Parisa Sekandari epitomise the resilience and determination of Afghan women forging new lives in Australia.

Afghanistan’s first female Olympian is campaigning for her own country to be barred from the upcoming Paris Games.

Cricket Australia says it won’t play in a Twenty20 series against Afghanistan due to human rights concerns for women in the country. 

Hazara women from Afghanistan living in Australia have launched a campaign to raise awareness for the women and girls under the oppressive Taliban rule.

The Taliban is sending Afghan women to prison to protect them from the threat of gender-based violence, according to a UN report.

There are calls for the government to engage with Pakistan over its policy that’s forcing Afghans to return to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. 

Australian teachers are helping to get humanitarian visa for their students from the Virtual School Australia. But time is running out.

Women and children account for two-thirds of the severely injured victims of the earthquakes in Afghanistan, the World Health Organisation has said.

Malala spoke at a DEI Summit on Friday, where she called out FIFA’s failure to recognise Afghanistan’s women’s football team.

The Taliban’s two years ruling Afghanistan have taught us ordinary human rights initiatives are insufficient to address gender apartheid.