Gender Equality

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DEC11-10272024

An individual in Faryab province was sentenced to four months of imprisonment and 35 lashes, after being accused of adultery.

DEC11-12232023

Protesting women detained in Kabul.

DEC12-02232025

Taliban virtue police conducted door-to-door inspections in Sar-e Pol Province, confiscating women’s cosmetics and hairdressing equipment and summoning homeowners to security offices.

DEC12-07312024-1

Taliban Ministry of Justice Announces Official Morality Law Based on Supreme Leader’s Decree.

DEC12-07312024-13

Article 20 of PVPV Law mandates gender segregation and religious observance in transport, severely restricting women’s mobility and personal autonomy.

DEC12-07312024-14

Article 21 of PVPV Law empowers officials to regulate bodily modesty even in private bathing and leisure, reinforcing state control over personal behavior.

DEC12-07312024-15

Article 22 of PVPV Law criminalizes a wide array of behaviors - from LGBTQ+ identity and women's public speech to cultural celebrations - codifying...

DEC12-07312024-18

Article 26 of PVPV Law mandates court referrals for failure to observe Islamic obligations, including prayer, fasting, and parental obedience.

DEC12-07312024-2

Taliban codifies nationwide morality law - the Law on the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice - granting sweeping powers to religious police...

DEC12-07312024-20

Article 28 of PVPV Law mandates community-wide enforcement of Taliban-defined morality through schools and religious leaders.

DEC12-07312024-21

PVPV Law mandates ideological training, supervision and reporting systems to the Supreme Leader to ensure strict enforcement of moral regulations and suppress dissent under...

DEC12-07312024-22

PVPC law centralizes final authority over morality enforcement with the Supreme Leader and invalidates all conflicting legislation, Articles 32-35, Law of Promotion of Virtue...

DEC12-07312024-3

Articles 1-3 of PVPV Law formally establishes a religious enforcement regime under Taliban leadership, defining virtue and vice by Hanafi Sharia and empowering officials...

DEC12-07312024-5

Articles 9-12 PVPV of Law empowers state-appointed overseers to enforce moral codes through public surveillance and non-judicial interventions.

DEC12-07312024-6

Article 13 of PVPV Law enforces full-body covering, bans public female speech, and restricts women's visibility and movement.

DEC12-07312024-8

Article 15 of PVPV Law mandates state enforcement of dress codes, eroding bodily autonomy and religious freedom.

DEC12-09092024

Taliban Interior Ministry Spokesman denounces human rights as “shameful slogan” in September 9 social media statement.

DEC12-10262024

Taliban confirms ban on singing and bans women from reciting Quran aloud even in presence of other women under new verbal religious restriction, under...

DEC2-01052025

Taliban barred women producers from participating in a handicrafts and trade exhibition in Kandahar, allowing male family members to represent them.

DEC2-01062025-B

Taliban bar women from entering Breshna offices in Balkh Province to pay electricity bills, requiring payment through male relatives or alternative channels.