This is the first time Rashid has made a statement in support of a women's team after previously pleading for women's rights ...

One year ago, on 25 September 2024, Australia, Canada, Germany, and the Netherlands announced their intention to hold Afghanistan accountable for violations of women’s and girls’ rights under CEDAW.

I am the founder of The Rug Mine, a San Diego–based company that partners with Afghan artisans. My story — and theirs — begins long before I became a business owner. I grew up in Afghanistan during ...

It has now been four years since what Afghans call “the fall.” On August 15, 2021, Taliban fighters swept into Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, hours after the country’s president fled, cementing their ...

September 19 marks four years since Afghan girls were barred from secondary schooling in Afghanistan. What began as a “temporary measure” in September 2021 has hardened into the most systematic denial ...

The dominant narrative on women in Afghanistan, one that appears fairly regularly in international media, is a story of restrictions, denial, and loss of rights. Under the Taliban’s Islamic Emirate, ...

In Afghanistan, Taliban restrictions preventing women from working are estimated by the UN to cost the country $1 billion annually.