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Universities Reopen In Taliban-Ruled Afghanistan But Women Still Banned
The decision to ban women from educational institutes was announced by the Taliban officials in December and it drew widespread condemnation from foreign governments and the United Nations.
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Afghan Women Stage Street Protest Against Taliban's University Ban
A small group of Afghan women staged a defiant protest in Kabul on Thursday against a Taliban order banning them from universities, an activist said, adding that some were arrested.
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A Year After Taliban's Return, Afghan Women Fight For Lost Freedoms
Under the new Taliban government, there are no women in the Afghan cabinet and the Ministry of Women's Affairs was shut down.
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Four Missing Afghan Women Activists Released, Says UN
Four women activists in Afghanistan have been released by the country's "de facto authorities" after going missing weeks ago, the United Nations said Sunday.
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Women Activists Disappearing In Afghanistan, Taliban Deny Hand: Report
Women activists who were voicing for their rights have suddenly disappeared in Afghanistan under the Taliban regime.
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Afghan Women Protest After Taliban Replaces Women's Ministry
About two dozen women activists protested outside Afghanistan's women's ministry on Sunday after it was closed by Taliban militants in power in Kabul and replaced by their Ministry for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice.
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"They Don't Consider Us Humans": Afghan Women On Taliban Rule
"They don't consider women as humans," says Humeira Rizai, a researcher and activist from Afghanistan who fled her country along with tens of thousands of compatriots to escape the atrocities of the Taliban.
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Afghan Women Overseas Pose In Colorful Attire In Protest Against Taliban
Afghan youth rights activist Wazhma Sayle says she was shocked to see a photograph online, apparently of women dressed in black all-enveloping niqabs and gowns, staging a demonstration in support of country's new Taliban rulers at Kabul University.
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Afghan Woman Activist Beaten Up By Taliban During Kabul Protest: Report
A woman activist who participated in a protest in Kabul seeking political rights under Taliban rule was seen in a video with a head injury, blood streaming down her face.
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Angelina Jolie At UN Calls For Inclusion Of Women In Afghan Peace Talks
Academy Award-winning actress and refugee activist Angelina Jolie pushed for the inclusion of women in peace talks to end the conflict in Afghanistan during an address to ministers and diplomats at the United Nations on Friday.
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Afghan Activist Who Dressed as Boy to Defy Taliban Calls for More Female Teachers
When the Taliban banned girls' education in Afghanistan, six-year-old Shabana Basij-Rasikh started dressing as a boy and for five years risked her life to attend a secret school.
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Afghan Taliban 'Soften Stance' on Women's Rights: Activists
The Afghan Taliban, condemned for their misogynistic ideology, were surprisingly open with female delegates who attended peace talks in Qatar, pledging support for women's education and their right to work in "male-dominated professions", activists said.
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Afghan women protest over filmed execution
Dozens of rights activists took to the streets on Wednesday to protest over the recent public execution of a young woman for alleged adultery, which was captured in a horrific video.
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Universities Reopen In Taliban-Ruled Afghanistan But Women Still Banned
The decision to ban women from educational institutes was announced by the Taliban officials in December and it drew widespread condemnation from foreign governments and the United Nations.
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Afghan Women Stage Street Protest Against Taliban's University Ban
A small group of Afghan women staged a defiant protest in Kabul on Thursday against a Taliban order banning them from universities, an activist said, adding that some were arrested.
-
A Year After Taliban's Return, Afghan Women Fight For Lost Freedoms
Under the new Taliban government, there are no women in the Afghan cabinet and the Ministry of Women's Affairs was shut down.
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Four Missing Afghan Women Activists Released, Says UN
Four women activists in Afghanistan have been released by the country's "de facto authorities" after going missing weeks ago, the United Nations said Sunday.
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Women Activists Disappearing In Afghanistan, Taliban Deny Hand: Report
Women activists who were voicing for their rights have suddenly disappeared in Afghanistan under the Taliban regime.
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Afghan Women Protest After Taliban Replaces Women's Ministry
About two dozen women activists protested outside Afghanistan's women's ministry on Sunday after it was closed by Taliban militants in power in Kabul and replaced by their Ministry for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice.
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"They Don't Consider Us Humans": Afghan Women On Taliban Rule
"They don't consider women as humans," says Humeira Rizai, a researcher and activist from Afghanistan who fled her country along with tens of thousands of compatriots to escape the atrocities of the Taliban.
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Afghan Women Overseas Pose In Colorful Attire In Protest Against Taliban
Afghan youth rights activist Wazhma Sayle says she was shocked to see a photograph online, apparently of women dressed in black all-enveloping niqabs and gowns, staging a demonstration in support of country's new Taliban rulers at Kabul University.
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Afghan Woman Activist Beaten Up By Taliban During Kabul Protest: Report
A woman activist who participated in a protest in Kabul seeking political rights under Taliban rule was seen in a video with a head injury, blood streaming down her face.
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Angelina Jolie At UN Calls For Inclusion Of Women In Afghan Peace Talks
Academy Award-winning actress and refugee activist Angelina Jolie pushed for the inclusion of women in peace talks to end the conflict in Afghanistan during an address to ministers and diplomats at the United Nations on Friday.
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Afghan Activist Who Dressed as Boy to Defy Taliban Calls for More Female Teachers
When the Taliban banned girls' education in Afghanistan, six-year-old Shabana Basij-Rasikh started dressing as a boy and for five years risked her life to attend a secret school.
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Afghan Taliban 'Soften Stance' on Women's Rights: Activists
The Afghan Taliban, condemned for their misogynistic ideology, were surprisingly open with female delegates who attended peace talks in Qatar, pledging support for women's education and their right to work in "male-dominated professions", activists said.
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Afghan women protest over filmed execution
Dozens of rights activists took to the streets on Wednesday to protest over the recent public execution of a young woman for alleged adultery, which was captured in a horrific video.
