Afghan Women
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A squirrel has more rights than a girl in Afghanistan: Hollywood actress Meryl Streep at UN | WATCH
World | Sep 25, 2024, 08:41 AM ISTMeryl Streep remarked that a female cat had more freedom than a woman in Afghanistan, referring to the Taliban's restrictive rules on women's rights. The group codified a long set of rules governing morality last month, which barred women to sing or show their faces in the public.
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Taliban officials sending Afghan women to prison to 'protect' them from gender-based violence: UN
World | Dec 15, 2023, 05:30 PM ISTAccording to the report, the Taliban sends women to prison if they have no male relatives or if the relatives are considered unsafe. Although the Taliban government claims to do so under the pretext of 'protection', it harms the physical and mental health of survivors.
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Afghanistan: After banning education, music, Taliban ban restaurants and gardens for women in Herat
World | Apr 10, 2023, 05:37 PM ISTAuthorities say the curbs are in place because of gender mixing or because women allegedly are not wearing the hijab, or Islamic headscarf, correctly.
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UN expresses 'serious concerns' as Taliban ban female Afghan staffers from working, seeks clarity
World | Apr 05, 2023, 08:14 AM ISTUnited Nations: Addressing a press conference, Stephane Dujarric, Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, expressed "serious concerns" after its female staffers were prevented from reporting to work in eastern Nangarhar province.
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Afghanistan: Taliban ban women from working for domestic, foreign NGOs
World | Dec 24, 2022, 11:32 PM ISTThe bans are the latest restrictive moves by Afghanistan's new rulers against women's rights and freedoms, coming just days after the Taliban banned female students from attending universities across the country.
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Angelina Jolie draws attention to atrocities on Afghan women after Taliban takeover
Celebrities | Aug 17, 2022, 06:32 AM ISTCommenting on the progress of Afghan women over the past two decades, Angelina Jolie wrote, "One year ago, Afghan women worked as doctors, teachers, artists, police officers, journalists, judges, lawyers, and elected politicians. Afghan children braved repeated suicide attacks on their schools."
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Taliban behead a member of Afghan women's volleyball team
World | Oct 20, 2021, 11:46 PM ISTIn an interview with the Persian Independent, Suraya Afzali (a pseudonym), one of the coaches of the Afghan women's national volleyball team, confirmed that the athlete had been killed, but said that no one other than Mahjabin's family knew the exact time and manner of the incident.
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Taliban appoint deputy ministers in all-male government
World | Sep 21, 2021, 01:06 PM ISTThe Taliban have framed their current Cabinet as an interim government, suggesting that change was still possible, but they have not said if there would ever be elections.
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Taliban to female Kabul city workers: Stay home
World | Sep 19, 2021, 02:39 PM ISTThe mayor says a final decision about female employees in Kabul municipal departments is still pending, and that they would draw their salaries in the meantime.
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Taliban replace women’s government ministry
World | Sep 18, 2021, 01:30 PM ISTThe Taliban inside the new ministry said they had not been informed about where or if a new women’s ministry was being planned.
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Taliban: Women can study in gender-segregated universities
World | Sep 12, 2021, 02:25 PM ISTHaqqani said the subjects being taught in universities would also be reviewed but did not elaborate.
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Afghan women protest near presidential palace in Kabul, want say in govt formation
Hakikat Kya Hai | Sep 04, 2021, 11:52 PM ISTA small group of Afghan women protested near the presidential palace in Kabul on Friday, demanding equal rights from the Taliban as Afghanistan’s new rulers work on forming a government and seeking international recognition.
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UN urges implementing law protecting Afghan women
World | Dec 09, 2013, 06:39 AM ISTKabul: The UN has called for implementing the Elimination of Violence against Women (EVAW) law in Afghanistan."The EVAW law, when it is applied, has provided protection to Afghan women facing violence," Xinhua reported citing Georgette
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Syrian, Cambodian, Afghan women win media awards
World | Oct 24, 2013, 08:44 AM ISTNew York : The director of an Afghanistan news organization, a Syrian photojournalist and a Cambodian investigative reporter each received Courage in Journalism awards from a women's media group.The International Women's Media Foundation also honored