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A woman in black shirt and pants stands in a TV studio, surrounded by green screens on two sides and with several TV cameras and operators pointed at her in the foreground. She is wearing a black hijab and face covering. In this photograph taken on May 28, 2022, an Afghan female presenter with news network 1TV, Lima Spesaly (C) with her face covered by a veil, speaks during a live broadcast at the 1TV channel station in Kabul. - After initially defying the Taliban order to cover their faces on air, Afghan women television presenters are broadcasting news and other programmes wearing masks. Spesaly said it was difficult to work like this for hours but vowed to fight for her rights and of other Afghan women that are being increasingly crushed by the hardline Islamist rulers. (Photo by WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP via Getty Images)

Afghan Women Entrepreneurs Battle to Retain Economic Freedom

The Taliban have made it much harder for Afghan women to operate in the workforce –but not impossible, yet.
A rally of Afghan women holding banners chant "Bread, work, and freedom" in front of the Taliban's education ministry building.

The Road to a Better Future for Afghanistan Starts with Women’s Education

At one end of Afghanistan lies an unending reality of instability and terror and death. At its other is the potential of a dream now denied.
Two Afghan women wearing traditional blue burqas walk past a Kabul cemetery. Below walks another woman with three young children.

After a Year of Privation With the Taliban’s Return, the People of Afghanistan Deserve Better from the US and the World

Tactical, short-sighted measures are not sufficient to prevent further worsening of conditions. A new approach is needed to meet the moment.
Afghan women hold placards during a demonstration demanding better rights for women in front of the former Ministry of Women Affairs in Kabul on September 19, 2021. (Photo by BULENT KILIC / AFP) (Photo by BULENT KILIC/AFP via Getty Images)

ضرورت راه اندازی کمپین جهانی علیه آپارتاید جنسیتی در أفغانستان، در آستانه یک سالگی بازگشت طالبان به قدرت

Now in translation: یک موضع‌گیری جهانی موثر و اصولی در قبال رفتار طالبان با زنان، نیازمند توجه و شناخت ماهیت…
Afghan women hold placards during a demonstration demanding better rights for women in front of the former Ministry of Women Affairs in Kabul on September 19, 2021. (Photo by BULENT KILIC / AFP) (Photo by BULENT KILIC/AFP via Getty Images)

The Best Way to Mark the Anniversary of Taliban Takeover? Launch a Global Campaign Against Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan

An effective and principled global response to the Taliban's treatment of women requires recognizing it for what it is: gender apartheid.
Members of Afghanistan's Powerful Women Movement, take part in a protest in Kabul on May 10, 2022.

From Talk to Action: Addressing the Appalling Women’s Rights Crisis in Afghanistan

The international community must coordinate a human rights-centered approach and use all available leverage against the Taliban's human rights violations.
Women in long coats hold placards and march

Time for the International Community to Get Serious About Protecting Human Rights in Afghanistan

Important essay by Nasir A. Andisha, career diplomat and was Deputy Foreign Minister of Afghanistan, and Hamid A. Formuli, was Human Rights Section Head of Afghanistan's Permanent…
Sacks of rations in warehouse in foreground, with people standing and working in background.

Aid Agencies Can’t Fix Afghanistan’s Humanitarian Crisis

Crisis urgently requires structural, lasting policy solutions.
Afghan women chant slogans and hold placard during a women's rights demonstration in Kabul on October 21, 2021.

Afghanistan: A Way Forward for Women and Girls

The US government must meaningfully consult with and listen to women inside and outside the country to support those left behind.
An Investigator holds a piece of evidence as he and others search for evidence inside the wreckage of a Police bus at the site of a bomb blast in Kabul, 17 June 2007.

What the Afghanistan Withdrawal Teaches Us About Safeguarding Human Rights Evidence

As the Taliban seized control, evidence of human rights abuses had to be destroyed, hidden, or risk capture. It didn't have to be this way.
Afghans watch the arrival of some of the ten-truck Red Cross convoy carrying 120 tonnes of mixed food-stuffs for homeless, on January 8, 1995, in Kabul.

Taliban Governance of NGOs – What to Expect and How to Respond

The last Taliban government imposed restrictions on registration and operation of NGOs. What can we expect from this Taliban government?
U.S. dollar and Afghan banknotes in a pile.

Reassessing Counter Terrorism Financing in a Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan

The Taliban’s rapid takeover of Afghanistan set back decades-long efforts to integrate Afghanistan into the international community. Nowhere is this more apparent than on anti-money…
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