Twice abandoned for bearing daughters, a woman counts the cost of gender bias and misogyny in Afghanistan
Cast out from two marriages for only giving birth to daughters, Mahparwar* lives with four of her six children live...
Read moreCast out from two marriages for only giving birth to daughters, Mahparwar* lives with four of her six children live...
Read moreMarina had been struggling with low spirits for days and had been especially sorrowful the night before, so Farzana went...
Read moreIn exchange for “marrying” Shafiqa, the 46-year-old man offered her family some tracts of land totaling almost three acres.
Read moreShaima Rastagar thought she had found her life’s calling when she began teaching computer science to university students. The 26-year-old...
Read moreThe Taliban's supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada has issued an order banning the construction of windows in residential buildings that overlook...
Read moreIt was midnight when the dormitory erupted with bad news. Some of the women couldn’t stop crying after hearing the...
Read moreAfghan women's rights activists have secretly celebrated Yalda Night in Kabul and Herat as a form of protest against the...
Read moreData from a provincial hospital in Afghanistan shows girls and women are seeking medical support for mental health at staggeringly...
Read moreThe Taliban vice and virtue police have shut down and sealed all women-only coffee shops in Herat city on Tuesday,...
Read moreThe Taliban's media restrictions have resulted in the closure of at least 12 television stations in Afghanistan over the past...
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