Voices of
Resistance

An initiative of the Civic Engagement Project (CEP), in collaboration with the Strategic Litigation Project

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Led by Civic Engagement Project, Voices of Resistance is a platform for powerful stories, analysis, and first-hand accounts from those challenging repression and advancing human rights.

Through an editorial partnership with the Atlantic Council’s Strategic Litigation Project, selected articles from this initiative are featured here — amplifying these voices to broader audiences.

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...
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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 legal order and creating a...
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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 story she recounts below. "This is...
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Articles

“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 her country. As both a...
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