Afghan Women

Taliban’s decrees on Afghan women cost country over USD 1 billion annually

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KABUL: US special envoy for Afghan women, Rina Amiri, emphasised that the Taliban’s restrictive decrees on women and girls in Afghanistan are costing the nation more than USD 1 billion annually, reported Khaama Press. She further said that the detrimental impact of the Taliban’s edicts is not only curtailing women’s access to education and employment … Read more

Stolen education: What’s happened since Taliban banned women from university in Afghanistan – National

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Zahra Rajabi started her first year of journalism school in December 2022, but just a few weeks into the semester classes were abruptly cancelled. “We completely said goodbye to each other, crying,” she told Global News. The 20-year-old from Kabul is one of millions of Afghan women and girls deprived of their right to learn. … Read more