A move by the Taliban to remove women’s images from national identity cards on request has sparked protests from human rights defenders, who say it is the latest attempt to erase women from public life in Afghanistan.
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A move by the Taliban to remove women’s images from national identity cards on request has sparked protests from human rights defenders, who say it is the latest attempt to erase women from public life in Afghanistan.
Read moreDetailsWhen the Taliban were toppled from power in 2001, many women in Afghanistan kept wearing the burqa, even though they were no longer required to do so
I and my colleagues at Rukhshana Media, most of whom work in secret inside the country, have a particular focus on documenting human rights violations committed by the Taliban.
Strolling through the autumn streets of Johannesburg in South Africa, it’s refreshing to see the democracy emerging from a long, unfinished struggle against racial apartheid.
A move by the Taliban to remove women’s images from national identity cards on request has sparked protests from human rights defenders, who say it is the latest attempt to erase women from public life in Afghanistan.
Every morning, Rana Tawakol* spends an hour and a half walking to the clinic where she works in a remote and impoverished part of central Afghanistan. As the only child nutrition expert in her district, she knows that the advice she provides is crucial for her community.
The Taliban have issued an order targeting underground beauty salons operating in secret across Afghanistan, warning the women running them that they have to stop or face arrest.
