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Afghanistan: Women in Takhar demand release of women's rights activists
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
group of women in Afghanistan's Takhar province have demanded the release of women's rights activists currently detained by the Taliban-led administration.
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Voices of Afghan women silenced, dreams shattered: Amnesty International
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Amnesty International said that the voices of Afghan women and girls have been silenced and their dreams have been shattered adding that them from public life is a "crime against humanity."
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Taliban intensify repression of Afghan women, girls: Human Rights Watch
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Human Rights Watch has said that on the one hand, the Taliban continue to beg for recognition and foreign help, while on the other, they escalate repression of Afghan women and girls, Khaama Press reported.
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Women in Afghanistan face financial hardships after being barred from work
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The hardline Islamist policies of the Taliban for females of the country have barred them from work as a result of which the Afghan women are facing extreme economic difficulties which continue to surge with every passing day.
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Afghan women launch Women's Revolution in Kabul to fight for fundamental h
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
According to one of the organizers, Donya Safi, the movement aimed to "protect the basic rights of citizens, particularly women, as access to basic rights is a serious requirement for the citizens." We started this campaign to fight the injustice and inequity against women, reported Amu TV,
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Cases of mental illness on rise in Afghanistan's Herat, incidence highest
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Afghanistan has witnessed a surge in cases of mental illness in recent months of which 80 per cent of the patients are women from nearly 100 people who visit the hospital on a regular basis, TOLOnews quoted Qadem Mohammadi, head of the mental health ward in Herat's provincial hospital as say
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Following Taliban's crackdown on women, German non-profit organizations su
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
After the Taliban banned women from working with NGOs, and international organizations from going to work, German non-profit groups have suspended their operations in Afghanistan, joining a long list of other humanitarian organisations that have done the same, Khaama Press reported.
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Afghanistan: Rights group calls for release of jailed women rights defende
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
On November 4, the Taliban detained women human rights defenders Zarifa Yaqoobi and her colleagues during a press conference announcing the formation of the "Afghan Women Movement for Equality" in the capital city of Kabul.
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UK Rights envoy raises concern on 'grave' oppression of Afghan women
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 22 (ANI): As human rights violations continue to take place in Afghanistan, Britain's Human Rights Ambassador, Rita French condemned the suppression of women in Afghanistan and said that the condition for women and girls in the country is deteriorating and the
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Pak, Afghanistan and PoK 'obstructing rights of women to secular education
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 7 (ANI): Women of Jammu and Kashmir called on the international community to take notice of the "deplorable state of educational opportunities" to the women in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir.
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UN will further promote, defend Women's Rights in Afghanistan: Secretary-G
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US] October 23 (ANI): The United Nations will continue its activities in Afghanistan to further promote and defend women's rights in Afghanistan, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday (local time).
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Taliban's engagement with global bodies will depend on ensuring of women's
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 9 (ANI): The Taliban's engagement with global bodies will depend upon ensuring that women's rights are secured in Afghanistan.
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