Women's rights activists call hunger strike amid global neglect of Afghan women

Sep 04, 2023

Women rights activists along with other women have initiated a hunger strike to bring the issues regarding global neglect of Afghan women and gender...

Afghan girls must reopen schools on their own: Afghan women rights activist

Sep 19, 2021

Kabul [Afghanistan], September 19 : Member of Afghanistan's former government's peace negotiating delegation and women rights activist, Fawzia Koofi on Sunday said that Afghan...

New HRW report details Taliban abuse faced by Afghan women protesters

Oct 24, 2022

Human Rights Watch released a new report on the mistreatment of Afghan women. Taliban has wrongfully detained a number of women with their families...

Rights of Afghan women, girls 'under attack', says UN

Jan 13, 2022

Kabul [Afghanistan], January 13 : The United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has raised concerns over the situation of women and...

Global acceptance of Taliban depends on respecting women’s rights: US Envoy

Oct 01, 2023

If Taliban does not respect women’s rights, it cannot join the international community, the US envoy for Afghan women and human rights, Rina Amiri...

UN officials raise concern on situation of women in Afghanistan

May 30, 2024

As Afghan women continue to remain deprived of their basic rights, the United Nations officials have once again raised concerns on the situation of...