Afghan Women's Support Forum

The Taliban originally promised a more moderate rule but began carrying out severe punishments in public shortly after coming to power. By MAILONLINE REPORTER PUBLISHED: 10:14, 26 March 2024 | UPDATED: 11:16, 26 March 2024 The Taliban will soon start stoning women to death in public, the radical group’s Supreme Leader announced as he declared war against Western democracy. Addressing Western officials […]

In a tiny television studio in the French capital, two unveiled Afghan women face the camera on a mission to provide a lifeline to their fellow countrywomen back home.  By:NEWS WIRES “Tonight we’ll be discussing the different forms of violence against women in Afghanistan,” says 25-year-old Diba Akbari, speaking in front of a green screen. A […]

Cricket Australia says it has postponed the men’s bilateral T20 series as ‘conditions for women and girls in Afghanistan are getting worse’. By Al Jazeera Staff Published On 19 Mar 202419 Mar 2024 Cricket Australia (CA) has been slammed after it postponed a bilateral men’s T20 cricket series against Afghanistan citing “deteriorating human rights for women […]

As the world celebrates women’s rights, Afghan women are losing hope they will regain theirs. Maryam Ahmadi (AL JAZEERA) A pseudonym for an Afghan peace and women’s activist Afghan women sit along a road as they wait for the reopening of Torkham International Border Crossing in Torkham of Nangarhar province on September 11, 2023 [Shafiullah […]

As handfuls gather on International Women’s Day, UN rights rapporteur calls for release of detained rights activists. 8 Mar 2024- ALJAZEERA Taliban security personnel stand guard as an Afghan woman walks along a street at a market in the Baharak district of Badakhshan province, on on February 26, 2024 [File: Wakil Kohsar/AFP] Small groups of […]

We believe every child should have access to learning.  By enrolling street-working children into private schools, we break the cycle of poverty and empower these students through education, enabling them to achieve their full potential. Online dialogue to discuss the situation for girls – and solutions. Learn more at: https://www.aidafghanistanforeducation.org

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UN rapporteur warns against ‘inching towards acceptance’ of Taliban rule Tim Stickings Mar 01, 2024 Women and girls are being “erased from public life” in Afghanistan, a UN investigator said on Friday as he urged the world not to “inch towards acceptance” of the Taliban’s rule. The Taliban’s disrespect for women’s rights is “unparalleled in the […]

The Taliban have reportedly allowed female high school graduates in Afghanistan to enrol in state-run medical institutes for the new academic year that begins in March. ISLAMABAD — February 20, 2024 5:32 AM The enrollment process has begun in more than a dozen Afghan provinces, following a directive from the Ministry of Public Health in Kabul, […]

The last meeting of the AWSF was held on Tuesday, 20th February. Thanks are extended to all who contributed by link, or were able to attend.

The biggest challenge of teaching girls and women in Afghanistan is not the security risk or the bad internet connection, but the creeping hopelessness. Maryam Ahmadi – A pseudonym for an Afghan peace and women’s activist I have sent the link and I am waiting for my students to join the Zoom session. I am […]

by Matiullah Qazizada 9 February 2024 Upon reclaiming power, the Taliban banned girls from schools above year six and women from work, with few exceptions, such as in the health sector. These regressive and stringent policies have exacted a substantial socio-economic toll, not only jeopardising Afghanistan’s relationship with the international community but also impeding the flow […]

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office written question – answered on 7 February 2024. Q. Lisa Nandy, Shadow Minister (International Development) To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps he is taking to help ensure aid reaches (a) women and (b) girls in Afghanistan. A.Anne-Marie Trevelyan, Minister of State(Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Officer) UK aid […]

Earlier, the Acting Minister of Virtue and Vice had called the violation of women’s rights and their arrest because of “bad hijab” propaganda. Human Rights Watch (HRW) in a report once again expressed concern over the imposition of restrictions on women in Afghanistan, saying that the “Taliban have systematically violated the rights of women and […]

In the two and a half years since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the rights of Afghan women and girls continue to be severely restricted by the Taliban government, conditions which have been described by some international legal experts and human rights defenders as amounting to institutionalized gender apartheid.  According to a new report released […]

GENEVA (2 February 2024) – UN experts* today expressed deep concern at numerous reports that scores of women and girls in Afghanistan have been arbitrarily detained and subjected to ill-treatment since early January for allegedly violating the Taliban’s dress code for women. “We urge the Taliban to cease all arbitrary deprivation of liberty targeting women […]

Under the shadow of the Taliban’s oppressive rules, Afghan girls risk their lives, attending underground schools for a chance at freedom She takes steps swiftly, her breath echoing in her head. Her body trembles under her black burqa; nobody can see the terror in her eyes. Hidden her books beneath the veil, she notices a […]

Aid Afghanistan for Education (AAE) has been working in the education sector for over two decades. AAE has been providing education to marginalized Afghan women and girls over the age of ten, who are denied access to the formal education system due to conflict age, marital status returnees without education documentation. The indomitable spirit of […]

Afghanistan eye a semifinal place in a rare match against Australia, who have cancelled several bilateral fixtures over the Taliban’s policies on women. By Melinda Farrell, Al Jazeera Published 7 Nov 2023 Pune, India – As Afghanistan trained and prepared for their World Cup campaign, their coach repeatedly hammered an idea into their collective consciousness: You are […]