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It’s 10.00am in the morning and a group of girls is gathering in a home in the center of Herat...

Women’s rights activists in Afghanistan are accusing the Taliban of murdering a young Afghan YouTuber Hora Sadat, despite the Taliban’s...

I started an internship with a journalism classmate at one of Herat’s TV stations in August 2021. We had barely...

While these protests have faced sometimes violent suppression and high risk to personal safety, women and girls have continued to...

In the history of human societies, there has been oppression of women. But none so systemic with their complete exclusion...

In two years of Taliban rule in Afghanistan, women’s freedoms have been systematically removed, excluding them from almost all sectors...

Shima Forugh* was in 10th grade at school when she decided she would join the Afghan army. It had been...

In our geography, being a woman is equivalent to suffering. A woman in every form has woven her web of...

Khadija Salehi spent seven years working in Afghanistan’s Attorney-General’s Office. But the former prosecutor now lives in fear of being...

 The black and white image of a girl’s face illuminates the canvas. Her eyes are filled with tears. Behind her,...