News & Views International bodies respond to latest Taliban ban on women’s voices International bodies respond to Taliban’s new law banning women’s voices from being heard in public, and enforcing strict dress codes.
World ‘Nothing short of barbaric’: Afghan women’s voices and faces banned in public under Taliban’s latest ruling Taliban officials in Afghanistan have issued a ban on women’s voices and bare faces in public under a new set of morality laws.
News & Views ‘A nightmare’: 1.4 million girls in Afghanistan have been denied their right to education since 2021 On the three year anniversary of the Taliban’s takeover, the situation for women and girls in Afghanistan remains a ‘total nightmare’
Sport 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,
News & Views UN criticised for complying with Taliban’s restriction on women in talks Women’s groups in Afghanistan have criticised the UN’s decision to comply with Taliban’s restrictions on women at latest meetings.
Sport 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 Taliban bars women from entering major national park Women are now banned from entering one of Afghanistan’s most popular national park in the country, once again diminishing women’s rights.
