Trapped in poverty, Malalai forces daughters to marry young despite her own traumatic experience of it
It was getting dark in the crowded Pol-e Sokhta street of western Kabul, but Malalai*, with her wheelbarrow of ice...
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The tragedy of maternal mortality: Every hour, a woman in Afghanistan loses her life during childbirth
It was midnight when another wave of pain struck. Begum, 35, thought it was finally time for her child to...
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In Conversation with Malala part 2: On the power of women’s protest, overcoming the injustice of education bans, and a message of hope
This is the second of two parts of an interview with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai and the director...
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In Conversation with Malala part 1: On the importance of codifying gender apartheid as a crime against humanity and the difference it will make
Malala Yousafzai: When I hear the uproar of Afghan women that they’ve been abandoned, I think there’s a strong reason...
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The pain of farewelling year six teachers and classmates leads to a secret high school in heavy demand
The 25-year-old watched a group of girls graduating from grade six, sobbing that they could no longer continue. Under rules...
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Raids, beatings and extortion: Badakhshan brides whose weddings were ruined by armed Taliban groups enforcing music ban
A Taliban raid on her wedding day in northern Badakhshan province has left her devastated - and her brother in...
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Badakhshan women report feeling unsafe to walk outside over persistent abuse by Taliban officials for ‘improper hijab’
Salima, 24, suspected he was a member of the “morality police” – the term for enforcers of strict codes of...
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Video appears to show gang-rape of Afghan woman in a Taliban jail
Rukhshana Media and The Guardian has seen video evidence of a female Afghan human rights activist being gang-raped and tortured...
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Targeting gender apartheid is the key to dismantling Taliban oppression
Ahead of this weekend’s United Nations meeting with the Taliban in Qatar, the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in...
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The need to focus on breaking down gender apartheid and not on power-sharing with the Taliban
With the Taliban promoting the upcoming United Nations-hosted Doha meeting this weekend as a sign of their rising legitimacy, human...
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