When the Taliban’s men came knocking at her house in January, Nooran* went and hid in her parent’s yard. “I did not want to be arrested along with my mother,” says the Afghan teen. Moments later, her ...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have “weaponized” the legal and judicial system to oppress women and girls in what amounts to “crimes against humanity,” the independent U.N.
On July 31, 2025, a coalition of civil society organizations announced the launch of the People’s Tribunal for Women of Afghanistan, an initiative to address the impunity for the dire situation of ...
The recent earthquake in Afghanistan has laid bare the country’s worsening women’s health crisis and demonstrated how restrictive Taliban laws and collapsed infrastructure left women without access to ...