Taliban forces using electric shocks on Afghan women over dress
Taliban forces are administering electric shocks to women over breaches of a hijab mandate so strict it even requires them...
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ICC issues warrant for Taliban’s supreme leader for persecution of women
The international criminal court has issued arrest warrants for two senior Taliban leaders, accusing them of crimes against humanity for the persecution...
‘Obsessed with revenge’: The Afghan women trapped with abusers they tried to stop
Six years ago, Saeeda* defied the norms of her traditional Afghan community and ran away from home to marry a...
How ordinary men became unpaid Taliban enforcers in their own homes
To be a father of daughters in the Taliban’s Afghanistan has become a daily nightmare for Amir. Now, he says, he is...
Misleading narratives: what is the situation of women in Afghanistan under Taliban rule?
I and my colleagues at Rukhshana Media, most of whom work in secret inside the country, have a particular focus...
As the world marks menstrual health day, Afghan girls are left in the dark
As much of the world marks Menstrual Health Day with calls for greater awareness and access to sanitary products, in...
Meet the Afghan woman braving all to protect children from polio
Every year for the past decade, Zohra* has spent weeks criss-crossing the mountains of central Afghanistan on foot, braving both...
A century after racial apartheid, an Afghan delegation learns lessons from South Africa in the fight against gender apartheid
Strolling through the autumn streets of Johannesburg in South Africa, it’s refreshing to see the democracy emerging from a long,...
The forgotten patients: Lost voices in the global healthcare system
Over the past 15 years, Bibi Jan has already endured the unimaginable pain of losing four of her children due...
“We aren’t even allowed to laugh”: A journalist on Afghanistan’s heavily-controlled media sector
Florence* has worked as a journalist for five years in Afghanistan – one of the few remaining professions still permitted...
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