Breaking the silence: The virtual world feels as unsafe as the physical
Working as a journalist, I have come to rely a great deal on social media and the connections it opens...
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Afghan women’s rights activists secretly celebrate Yalda Night in protest of Taliban’s restrictions
Afghan women's rights activists have secretly celebrated Yalda Night in Kabul and Herat as a form of protest against the...
Afghan women protest in Kabul, demand international action against Taliban’s suppression of women’s rights
The protesters gathered around 7:30 AM, chanting slogans such as “The Taliban commit crimes, the world supports them,” “Education, work,...
Increasingly repressive Taliban rules push girls and women to extremes as despair rises
Tahira was a positive and motivated journalism student when the Taliban abruptly banned her from continuing her university studies in...
‘Nobody is coming to help us’: Afghan teenage girls on life without school
Just over three years ago, Asma’s* future contained many possibilities. Aged 15, she was at secondary school. After that lay...
Afghanistan has lost more than 80 percent of its female media workforce. How much longer can the rest last?
On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, Rukhshana Media spoke with journalists about their experience of working under Taliban...
The ongoing torture after Taliban detention of women who called for their rights
These are the stories of three women who have all been detained by Taliban forces and subjected to torture. It...
Afghan women’s struggle is not only against the Taliban, but also with each other
In the history of human societies, there has been oppression of women. But none so systemic with their complete exclusion...
Two years of women standing up to the Taliban
In two years of Taliban rule in Afghanistan, women’s freedoms have been systematically removed, excluding them from almost all sectors...
Hungry, hunted, terrified: unending plight of the Afghan women who served in military and police
Shima Forugh* was in 10th grade at school when she decided she would join the Afghan army. It had been...
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