Analysis
How Centering Afghan Women and Youth Now Can Help Challenge Oppressive Regimes In The Future
Afghanistan, home to over forty million people, today stands under the rule of an ideological movement that has transitioned from an insurgency to a de facto government. The Taliban’s...
Analysis
How the Taliban Is Using Law to Enforce Gender Apartheid – and How to Push Back
Since taking power in August 2021, the Taliban has pursued a sustained assault on the rights and dignity of women by subverting the established...
Articles
Inside a Taliban Prison: A Protester’s Story
Following the Taliban’s 2021 takeover of Kabul, Narges Sadat took to the streets in protest along with other women. She faced violence and imprisonment, a...
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“The Death of Hazaras Is Permissible”: Protesting the Taliban as a Minority Woman
After the Taliban seized control of Kabul in August of 2021, Tamana Rezaei took to the streets to demonstrate against rising gender apartheid in...
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The Taliban’s Violence Ignited a Fierce Resistance Within Me
On August 21, Afghanistan’s de facto authorities formally published a 114-page document detailing the vice and virtue laws governing the private lives of women and men,...
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Imprisoned & Tortured by the Taliban for Protesting Gender Apartheid
On August 15, 2021, Kabul fell to the Taliban. Zholia Parsi, who was in Kabul at the time, had spent fourteen years as a...
Analysis
Don’t Look Away: The Taliban’s War on Women Affects Us All
The Taliban’s well-documented oppression is more than just a problem for the women and girls of Afghanistan. The country’s misrule is a signal to...
Articles
Afghan Women’s Rights: A Fight Worth Continuing – Actions for the International Community
As the Taliban tightens its rule in Afghanistan, women face unprecedented threats to their rights and livelihoods. The Taliban’s oppressive regime, described by women...
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Why the Taliban’s Persecution of Women Qualifies as a Crime Against Humanity
Since the formation of modern Afghanistan, the country has grappled with political and social debates on the legal reforms needed to improve the status...
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Twice Under the Taliban: The Repeated Nightmare of My Generation
When Western policymakers ask me what “gender apartheid” means, my response carries the weight of personal experience: One must be a woman like me,...