Afghan women
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Afghan women continue medical studies in Scotland after Taliban ban
Sep 19, 2024For Zahra Hussaini, the Taliban’s ban on women attending universities in Afghanistan meant the end of her goal of becoming a doctor. She is currently pursuing her medical education in Britain. “Everything changed after I moved... -
UN General Assembly president urges Afghan authorities to allow girls
Sep 29, 2023Dennis Francis, the president of the UN General Assembly, encouraged the Afghan government on Thursday to rethink its decision to bar women and girls from receiving a quality education. According to Francis, Afghan women and girls... -
Afghan women stage street protest against university ban
Dec 22, 2022An activist reported that a small group of Afghan women protested defiantly against a Taliban decree barring them from universities on Thursday in Kabul, and that several of them were detained. The Taliban’s minister of higher... -
Malala Yousafzai calls for stronger US support of Afghan women
Dec 7, 2021During a visit to Washington on Monday, Malala Yousafzai, a human rights activist who was shot by the Pakistani Taliban in 2012, urged for increased US support for Afghan girls and women. “Afghanistan is currently the... -
Afghan women’s rights under threat as Taliban advance
Aug 14, 2021As the Taliban continues to overrun major Afghan cities like Herat and Kandahar, many Afghan women are worried about their future under Islamist fundamentalist rule if the group takes control of the country. If the Taliban... -
Afghan women break ground with TV station launch
May 20, 2017News Hour: A new TV channel dedicated to women is set to begin broadcasting in Afghanistan, the first of its kind in a country whose media industry, like many areas of society, remains dominated by men....
