Afghans ‘Marry Off’ Baby Girls For Dowries As Starvation Looms
Jobless and engulfed in debt, Afghan brick kiln worker Fazal said the country’s imploding economy had left him with a stark choice – marry off his young daughters, or risk the family starving to death. Last month, he received a $3,000 dowry payment after handing over his 13- and 15-year-old daughters to men more than […]
Afghan Woman Journalist Stands Up To Taliban
When the Taliban last ruled Afghanistan, Zahra Joya dressed as a boy and called herself Mohammad, allowing her to circumvent the Islamist group’s ban on girls going to school. The journalist’s unusual childhood not only let her get an education but gave her a taste of the freedoms denied to most girls in Afghanistan, where […]
Afghan Women Fear For Their Jobs and Daughters’ Futures Under Taliban
From female journalists wiping computer files to beauticians removing posters from salons, many Afghan women are taking no chances with the country’s new Taliban leaders despite promises they can keep working. Three days after the Islamic movement’s shock seizure of Kabul, there were few women on the streets. Some women were deleting social media accounts, […]
Six Ways Life Has Changed For Afghan Women Since The Last Taliban Regime
With the Taliban back in power, fears are escalating that Afghan women will lose many of the freedoms they have won since 2001. Here are six ways life has got better for women since the last Taliban governmentfell – gains now feared at risk: EDUCATION When the Taliban ruled Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001, they banned […]
Taliban Would Roll Back Afghan Women’s Rights -U.S. Intelligence Report
The Taliban “would roll back much” of the progress made in Afghan women’s rights if the Islamist extremists regain national power, according to an assessment released on Tuesday by top U.S. intelligence analysts. The U.S. National Intelligence Council report likely will reinforce fears that the Taliban will resume the harsh treatment that women and girls […]
Afghan Women Play ‘Crucial’ Role In Taliban Peace Talks
Afghanistan’s “fragile gains” in women’s rights are at risk unless women play a key role in peace talks with the Taliban, one of the few female members of the government’s negotiating team has said. Lawmaker Fawzia Koofi, a vocal critic of the Taliban, is one of five women on the 21-member team announced by the […]
Women Should Be Part Of Afghan Peace Talks – Angelina Jolie
Some women fear losing freedoms gained since the Taliban was overthrown, and complain their voices are being sidelined Academy Award-winning actress and refugee activist Angelina Jolie pushed for the inclusion of women in peace talks to end the conflict in Afghanistan during an address to ministers and diplomats at the United Nations on Friday. Peace […]
Civilian Casualties In Afghanistan At Record High, UN Warns
Civilian casualties in Afghanistan reached a record high in the first half of 2016, the UN has said, with children in particular paying a heavy price as insurgent groups stepped up fighting. Between January and June, 1,601 civilians were killed and 3,565 were wounded – a 4% increase in casualties compared to the same period […]
Afghan women’s radio returns after Taliban attack
Six months after fleeing a Taliban assault on her city, the owner of an Afghan radio station devoted to women’s rights is back home and returning to the airwaves. Zarghona Hassan is a lifelong activist and the founder of a radio station in Kunduz that until last year reached hundreds of thousands of listeners across […]
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