Women In Afghanistan

Watch: Taliban continues to physically torture women who speak against their regime's ban on education

Atrocities against women have increased multi-fold under the Taliban regime in Afghanistan since it returned to power in August 2021

Afghanistan: Women will get jobs, education based on Islamic format, Afghan tradition and Sharia, says foreign minister

The ruling Taliban in January allowed girls to pursue primary education in government and private schools

How single women and widows in Afghanistan are struggling to find their next meal

While the backlash against women’s rights needs to be urgently addressed, the crisis of food and nutrition security facing single women, widows and separated women, is not being recognised by many outside the country

For the Taliban, a woman is always to be beaten

Women in Afghanistan under Taliban regime have been deprived of several rights including ban on school and University education

One year after the Taliban takeover, how women in Afghanistan are more oppressed than ever

Since taking control of Afghanistan, the Taliban has erased women from public life by restricting their access to workplaces and education. The most recent move see women being banned from visiting parks and gyms — even if accompanied by a male ‘chaperone’

Afghanistan: Underground schools helping teen girls get education amid Taliban imposed restrictions

Taliban has forbade girls from completing their education past the sixth grade, but, a handful of underground schools have been operating. Despite allowing University education for women, this exception will no longer be relevant after no more girls are graduating from high schools

In Taliban-controlled Kabul, a beauty salon becomes a refuge for women

Many women have disappeared from public spaces, driven into private areas out of fear and sometimes very real threats

Taliban fighters use tear gas, batons to crush women's protest in Kabul

A small group of female activists stepped out on the streets, marching towards the presidential palace, demanding for the right to work and to be included in the government

'Until we meet again': Afghan woman filmmaker shares heartbreaking post on being forced to flee Kabul

Roya Heydari said that she would go back to Afghanistan if the Taliban assured her that she could keep working

'Our lives are under threat': Taliban stop TV anchor from entering studio days after assuring Afghan women their rights

Shabnam Dawran, who has worked as a journalist for six years in Afghanistan for state-owned broadcaster RTA, said this week she was barred from entering her office while male colleagues were allowed in