Threat, humiliation, rape, and home imprisonment: the bitter path to France for a trans woman from Afghanistan
Exiled from her own home, imprisoned, assaulted, and now a refugee in France, Sadaf has suffered for her identity as...
Read moreExiled from her own home, imprisoned, assaulted, and now a refugee in France, Sadaf has suffered for her identity as...
Read moreThe 12-year-old lives in the village of Saltaq Khord Turkmania, an area in Jawzjan province’s Khwaja Du Koh district, where...
Read moreShe was the sole breadwinner raising her young family, but Gul-e-Badam considered herself lucky – with her government salary and...
Read moreRahima’s been robbed twice in four months in Balkh’s capital Mazar-e-Sharif. Adding to her distress is police refused to hear...
Read moreHere are Zarifa and Hakima’s first-person accounts of their arrests, detention, and treatment. Their experience of abuse, coercion and torture...
Read moreBefore becoming a student in a secret school in western Herat province, Afsana passed her days stuck at home. She’s...
Read moreThe Taliban is cracking down on female clothing in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul in a new wave of suppression targeting girls...
Read moreThreats have followed Baran* for the six years she’s worked in the media. But the challenges of working under Taliban...
Read moreCritics of the tradition of exchanging goods to secure a wife in the eastern Afghanistan province of Nuristan say the...
Read moreThese are the stories of three women who have all been detained by Taliban forces and subjected to torture. It...
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