Women's rights worldwide have faced a troubling reversal in recent years, with several nations reimposing or strengthening ...

Due to numerous restrictions on women's rights to education and employment, their access to basic services and humanitarian ...

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 ...

The UN human rights rapporteur for Afghanistan called for the immediate release of a journalist and a female sports coach detained ...

The Growth of China’s Navy: Past, Present, and Future September 19 marks four years since Afghan girls were barred from secondary schooling in Afghanistan. What began as a “temporary measure” in ...

Afghan leaders and experts convened in Frankfurt urging democratic, citizen-focused governance, social justice, and inclusive development to ensure Afghanistan’s stability.

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, ...

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 ...