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She secretly educated herself to escape Afghanistan. Now, she's working to help women still there
26 Mar 2024 20:15 GMT
… had to wear the suffocating burqa that covered me from head … continue advocating for the rights of Afghan women.
Mahfouz has also been … are millions of human rights violations against women and that’s something …
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Taliban vows to start stoning women to death in public for adultery in brutal regime
26 Mar 2024 18:05 GMT
… Saturday, he described Western human rights defenders as "representatives of … Islamic method of punishment.
Burqa-clad Afghan women walk in Kabul, Afghanistan … same.” He questioned whether women want the rights 'Westerners' are …
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Australia halt Afghanistan T20 series over women’s rights
20 Mar 2024 13:34 GMT
Under the Taliban’s brand of Islamic rule, women are effectively barred from the game.
Rashid Khan
By:
Eastern Eye
AUSTRALIA on Tuesday (19) decided to shelve the T20 men’s cricket series against Afghanistan.
Cricket Australia (CA) said it had received …
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The Khaksar Women Who Fought for Indian Independence
19 Mar 2024 17:32 GMT
… some of them were in burqa, in a massive funeral … activities, several freedom-fighter women were threatened, harassed and … and preferred jail”.
Khaksar women’s influence transcended their involvement … public as they safeguarded the rights of Muslims and non- …
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Australia scraps Afghanistan T20s, citing worsening women's rights
19 Mar 2024 08:09 GMT
Australia on Tuesday scrapped a T20 men's cricket series against Afghanistan later this year, saying the situation for women in the Taliban-ruled country was deteriorating.
Cricket Australia said it had received advice "that conditions for women …
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‘Last Torch’ — how two burqa-clad sisters became the voice of resistance against Afghan Taliban
10 Mar 2024 04:53 GMT
… identities with blue burqas, sang about the oppression of women, the imprisonment … (Sharia) that curtailed the rights of women across the country. Music was … showing them under their blue burqas. Initially, they used lyrics written …
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Why Afghan women are leaving Afghanistan
08 Mar 2024 08:10 GMT
… responded that I needed a burqa in order to enter the … we did not have any burqas, so my brother went to … one.
I donned the borrowed burqa and rushed to the post … , criminalised and denied women and girls their rights. Half of the Afghan …
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Hazara Women: How Gender and Ethnicity Intersect in the Taliban’s Repression
07 Mar 2024 16:24 GMT
… related to women’s head coverings, veils, or the burqa), subjecting them … mechanisms to support women’s rights discourse. Recently, human rights lawyers and activists … fundamental rights of women and girls. All actors advocating for women’s rights in …
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‘Adam Sena’ Imposes Sharia: Muslim women threatened with rape, murder for interacting with non-Muslim men in Jharkhand
06 Mar 2024 12:31 GMT
A disturbing situation has unfolded in the villages of Ramgarh district of Jharkhand, as the organisation known as Adam Sena, composed of Muslim youths, has reportedly imposed Sharia, sparking fear and tension among locals. Muslim girls are allegedly …
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The Horrific State of Women in The Taliban Prisons Across Western Afghanistan
04 Mar 2024 17:38 GMT
… standardized prison specifically designated for women. Herat province, which … a mask and a burqa grabbed my hand and … prisoners call for international human rights organizations, particularly the ICRC, … does not reach the women prisoners.
Women’s Prison in …