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How Afghan Girls Are Overcoming Barriers Through Online Learning
May 23, 2023

How Afghan Girls Are Overcoming Barriers Through Online Learning

By Laiq Zirack
Deprived of education for more than 600 days, Afghan girls seek refuge in online education even though access is scarce and difficult. 

Afghan Women and Migration in the Era of Restrictions
March 15, 2023

Afghan Women and Migration in the Era of Restrictions

By Abdullah Mohammadi, Shreya Bhat, and Themba Lewis
For women, the motivation to leave Afghanistan has increased tremendously since the Taliban takeover. But the journey abroad has become more difficult and dangerous, too.
Forget the Taliban and Help the Afghan People Instead
January 03, 2023

Forget the Taliban and Help the Afghan People Instead

By Mohamed Zeeshan
The international community must prioritize evacuating and settling Afghanistan's embattled female population at the earliest possible opportunity.

Taliban Erasing Women From Society in Afghanistan
December 28, 2022

Taliban Erasing Women From Society in Afghanistan

By Baktash Siawash
As Afghan women are being erased from society in Taliban-run Afghanistan, all Afghans will suffer. 

What Does a Taliban School Curriculum Look Like?
December 21, 2022

What Does a Taliban School Curriculum Look Like?

By Lauryn Oates
Out: depictions of living things, human rights, foreign inventors, and elections. In: the “seeds of hatred against Western countries” and the rest of the Taliban’s core ideology. 

Taliban to Allow High School Graduation Exams for Afghan Girls
December 06, 2022

Taliban to Allow High School Graduation Exams for Afghan Girls

By Rahim Faiez
Afghan girls have been banned from high school classrooms but with little advance notice will be allowed one day to take graduation exams. 

Nargis Nehan and Yalda Royan on Afghan Women Fighting for Their Rights
November 29, 2022

Nargis Nehan and Yalda Royan on Afghan Women Fighting for Their Rights

By Catherine Putz
“After the collapse of the state, everything changed for Afghan women.”
Students Killed in Attack on Education Center in Kabul’s Hazara Neighborhood
October 03, 2022

Students Killed in Attack on Education Center in Kabul’s Hazara Neighborhood

By Catherine Putz
Another tragedy in the largely Hazara Dashti Barchi neighborhood. Another tragedy for Afghanistan’s women. 

Empowering Afghan Women and Their Civil Resistance
September 14, 2022

Empowering Afghan Women and Their Civil Resistance

By Mojib Rahman Atal
It is not surprising why many Afghan women see their life under the Taliban as “death in slow motion.”

Understanding the Taliban’s War on Women 
July 21, 2022

Understanding the Taliban’s War on Women 

By Ezzatullah Mehrdad
The Taliban’s regressive ideology lies at the heart of its political program. It was naive to believe the group would ever give it up.

Speak Up on Behalf of Afghan Women
May 12, 2022

Speak Up on Behalf of Afghan Women

By Heather Barr
What is happening right now in Afghanistan is the most serious women’s rights crisis in the world today.
Taliban Storm Kabul Apartment, Arrest Activist and Her Sisters
January 22, 2022

Taliban Storm Kabul Apartment, Arrest Activist and Her Sisters

By Kathy Gannon
The activist, Tamana Zaryabi Paryani, was among about 25 women who took part in an anti-Taliban protest on Sunday against the compulsory Islamic headscarf, or hijab, for women.

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