Women's rights worldwide have faced a troubling reversal in recent years, with several nations reimposing or strengthening male guardianship systems that restrict women's basic freedoms. These laws ...

It’s been more than four years since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan - and according to human rights organisations, ...

The UN says progress for women in Afghanistan will only be credible when discrimination and restrictions on education and work are lifted, following a senior visit to Kabul.

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 ...

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 ...

Four years ago today, the U.S. military completed its chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan. Since then, the Taliban has imposed Islamic law and severely restricted the rights of girls and women. John ...

On September 15, 2025, Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada announced the shutdown of fiber-optic internet across Afghanistan. The ban was implemented the next day in northern Afghanistan’s Balkh ...

A video has gone viral claiming to show the Taliban clamping down on their persecution of Afghan women. Sky's Yalda Hakim ...

The Taliban’s foreign minister faced questions on Afghan girls and women being banned from education and work as he sat down for a rare press conference in Delhi on Sunday, attended by women ...