UN protests women’s arrests in Afghanistan for alleged clothing violations

The United Nations’ mission in Afghanistan has expressed concern over arrests and detentions of women in western Afghanistan ...

UN urges Afghan Taliban to end arrests of women over dress rules

KABUL, June 8 (Reuters) - The United Nations mission in Afghanistan has expressed concern over the arrest and detention of women in a western province for allegedly failing to comply with "dress ...
Opinion

The women’s rights crisis in Afghanistan is an ongoing humanitarian calamity

Where is one of worst places to be a woman? Afghanistan. That’s what most people think when it comes to the topic of the women’s rights crisis under the ruling Taliban in Afghanistan. But this only ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Opinion: U.S. must make Afghan women’s rights non-negotiable

I am the founder of The Rug Mine, a San Diego–based company that partners with Afghan artisans. My story — and theirs — begins long before I became a business owner. I grew up in Afghanistan during ...
Human Rights Watch

Taliban Restrictions Haunt Afghan Women Outside Afghanistan

While corresponding with a local journalist in Afghanistan around a recent report I had authored, I received a shocking request: “Can we please have a video clip on your new report—not from you, but ...
The Diplomat

Afghan Women Share Their Struggles – and Support

Every story that was shared at a recent online gathering offered a window into the reality of life for women in Afghanistan today. Early in March, I took part in an online gathering of women in ...