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Amid lack of rights under Taliban, women activists call for 'inclusion' in
Updated : 3 years ago IST
As Afghan women continue to suffer under the Taliban and are deprived of fundamental rights, some women activists in Afghanistan have called for 'inclusion' in social life and urged the de-facto authorities to let them work, TOLOnews reported.
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Women activists at frontline of war against enforced disappearances in Pak
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Despite the threats, harassment, false police cases, use of force and surveillance, delay in justice, and debilitating uncertainty, the women from the families of the disappeared have refused to cede space to the perpetrators and to the state apparatus trampling on their rights.
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Women's rights not a priority for Taliban, says Zabiullah Mujahid
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The latest action by the Taliban to ban women from working in NGOs generated protests by female university students and women activists in several regions of the country, as well as brought condemnations, globally.
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UNAMA asks Taliban to explain rationale behind detention of women activist
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Since the return of the Taliban to Kabul in August 2021, the Taliban's systematic attacks on the rights of women and girls and the use of violence, including torture and enforced disappearances, have created a culture of fear in Afghan society.
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Taliban arrests women activists, journalists in Hazara neighbourhood of K
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Taliban arrested women journalists and human rights activists, along with four men from the Hazara neighbourhood in West Kabul and intrusively disrupted a women's press conference held in Dasht-e-Barchi area, continuing their atrocities.
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Afghan women protest, demand reopening of schools after Taliban skips to d
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 4 (ANI): A group of women activists under the name of 'Kabul School of Critics' staged a protest demanding the Taliban to reopen schools for women without further delay, local media reported.
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Abdullah Abdullah meets women activists in Kabul to discuss political, soc
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 16 (ANI): Former head of the Afghan High Council for National Reconciliation Abdullah Abdullah on Wednesday met with women activists in Kabul and discussed their demands for political and social rights.
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Afghanistan: Freed women rights activists under pressure to not share deta
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 14 (ANI): Four Afghanistan women activists, who were detained by the Taliban regime and later released after a long period of uncertainty, are under pressure not to publicize the details about their detention, their relatives have told local media.
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UN chief Guterres expresses concern over missing women activists in Afghan
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], February 10 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday expressed concern about the well-being of missing women activists in Afghanistan.
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Global outrage over fate of missing Afghan women activists: UN
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 10 (ANI): The top UN envoy in Afghanistan, Deborah Lyons met top Taliban leadership on Wednesday and expressed concern over the missing Afghan women activists.
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After arresting some activists, Taliban members continue threaten, intimid
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 9 (ANI): The Taliban members continue to threaten and harass women activists to intimidate them after arresting some women activists recently, according to a media report.
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Global pressure mounts over Taliban over missing Afghan women activists
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 8 (ANI): The disappearance of Afghan women activists who were protesting for their rights under the Taliban regime has created a furor among international organizations and countries globally.
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