Taliban

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

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

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. 

The Taliban’s new law silences Afghan women and intensifies gender apartheid, restricting their rights and education.

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

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,