apartheid

If CEDAW fails in Afghanistan, at the very frontier of the violations it was designed to prevent, its protections risk collapsing into little more than paper promises.

The term "gender apartheid" doesn't appear to increase American support for Afghan women, but information that the Taliban's treatment violates international law does.

All States should ensure the inclusion of gender apartheid in international law, including in the draft crimes against humanity treaty.

This fall, a number of States expressed support for the inclusion of various gender justice proposals in a potential future treaty.

As formal debates on a proposed crimes against humanity treaty have continued, we have seen in every corner of the globe why this treaty is so desperately needed, not only to prevent…

Could discussions about the revival of the Apartheid Convention provide a basis for rethinking the approach to the codification of gender apartheid?

President of the Open Society Foundations, Binaifer Nowrojee, discusses implications of ICJ ruling on Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory.

The UN Special Rapporteur concludes that the Taliban’s policies of removing women and girls from public life can best be described as “gender apartheid”—a term that multiple…

Reconstituting the U.N. Special Committee Against Apartheid and the Group of Three should be given due consideration.

Reconstituting the U.N. Special Committee Against Apartheid and the Group of Three should be given due consideration.

Campaigns and discussions on the plight of Afghanistan's women and girls must address the multifaceted abuse of the gender-apartheid regime.

The international community must recognize the links between the repression of women and the Taliban's support for violent extremism.