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'Underground' University for Women in Afghanistan Thriving
Nearly 80% of Afghan women are excluded from education, work, or training due to Taliban edicts, increasing risks of violence and poor health outcomes, UN Women reports.
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Photo: © UNICEF/Amin Meerzad The restrictions that have stripped women and girls of their fundamental guarantees are maintained and intensified four years after the return of the Taliban to power. Meanwhile, more than two million Afghans return to their country so far this year, exacerbating the humanitarian crisis affecting the majority of the population. Geneva, Switzerland.- Four years after the Taliban regained power in Afghanistan, Afghan w…
The UN Women's Division says the Taliban are close to realizing their vision of a society in which women are completely excluded from public life four years after regaining control of Afghanistan. The UN agency said in a statement on Tuesday that the situation of Afghan women was "the most severe women's rights crisis in the world" and warned that it was "normalizing". The UN Women's Division said the Taliban's decrees deprived Afghan women of t…
UN warns situation for women, girls in Afghanistan increasingly ‘untenable’
UN Women has warned that life for women and girls in Afghanistan has become increasingly unbearable and that without urgent action, this “untenable reality” risks becoming normalized, leaving women fully excluded from society. “The Taliban is closer than ever to achieving its vision of a society that completely erases women from public life,” the UN gender equality agency said in a statement Tuesday about four years of Taliban in power. The warn…
The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has warned of a worsening of human rights in the country between April and June 2025, with increased restrictions on women and freedom of expression and violence against former officials. UNAMA reports that women and girls continue to be excluded from education beyond the sixth grade, and that this year's university exam makes no mention of their inclusion. Furthermore, the use of the headscarf, o…
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