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Afghan Taliban ban women from working for domestic, foreign NGOs
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
On Wednesday, the UN mission in Afghanistan expressed the outrage of millions of Afghans and the international community over the decision by the Islamic outfit and called on the de facto authorities to revoke the decision immediately.
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Stability, prosperity relies on respecting women's rights: US special envo
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Amid ongoing violation of human rights in Afghanistan, US special envoy, Thomas West has called for respect of women's rights in Afghanistan and reiterated that the war-torn country's stability depends on the freedom of women, Khaama Press reported.
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UN experts call for investigation into suppression of women's rights in Af
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
UN experts have demanded an investigation into the suppression of women's rights in Afghanistan as a form of gender persecution as the situation of women in Afghanistan has been deteriorating with every passing day due to Taliban's suppression of basic rights of Afghan women.
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UNAMA asks Taliban to explain rationale behind detention of women activist
Updated : 3 years, 3 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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Afghanistan: Rights group calls for release of jailed women rights defende
Updated : 3 years, 4 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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Afghan women stage protests in Kabul to express concern on female employme
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in August last year, restrictions on the basic rights of women have become a global concern as a result of which a group of women staged a protest in Kabul to express their concerns about the continued effective ban on female students over 6th gr
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UN deplores deteriorating condition of Afghan women, girls under Taliban r
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett said that severe restrictions have been put in place in the country in order to render women "invisible" in society, as the Taliban has imposed numerous restrictions on women and girls.
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Regression of women's rights continues in Afghanistan: Report
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 23 (ANI): Since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in August last year, women and girls in the country continue to be persecuted for speaking out for fundamental rights and have been limited to their homes, according to a recent report of United Nations.
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Afghanistan: Wardak residents urge Taliban to reopen schools for girls abo
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 2 (ANI): As human rights violations across the war-torn country continue under the Taliban regime, residents of Wardak province of Afghanistan called on the organization to reopen the schools for girls above grade six.
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US envoy calls for 'serious' national political dialogue in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 30 (ANI): US special envoy for Afghanistan Thomas West has called for a 'serious' national political dialogue in Afghanistan as the people continue to take the strain of Taliban atrocities and human rights violations in the country.
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Afghan women face social, economic deprivation under Taliban rule
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 29 (ANI): Amid the ongoing crisis in Afghanistan, the situation of Afghan women continues to deteriorate as they are denied their fundamental freedoms and rights under the Taliban rule, said the Charge d'Affaires of the Afghan Permanent Mission to the UN, Nasee
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Anti-Hijab protests: Fifth Iranian paramilitary member killed as President
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], September 26 (ANI): Fifth Iranian paramilitary volunteer group member died on Sunday in a clash with the anti- Hijab protesters as the country's President Ebrahim Raisi pledged to deal "decisively" with the demonstrators who came to the streets to protest against the death of
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