A woman who got a degree while her husband was a captive of the Taliban has been selected as part of a campaign to inspire other people to attend university. Kelly Cornwell graduated from the University of Cumbria last year with a degree in mental health nursing while her husband Kevin was detained in Afghanistan….
Hundreds of Afghans gathered at UN-backed events across the country to decry violence against women and girls, and to strategize on practical steps to put an end to harmful traditional practices in Afghanistan. The events, leading up to the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on 25 November and the start of…
10/08/2023 By shutting down thousands of beauty salons across Afghanistan, the Taliban have taken another great stride toward erasing women from public life. Here are some of the other restrictions faced by Afghan women.
The number of BBC World Service journalists working in exile is estimated to have nearly doubled, to 310, since 2020. The figures, released for the first time ahead of World Press Freedom Day, reflect press crackdowns in Russia, Afghanistan, and Ethiopia. Journalists from other countries, including Iran, have lived abroad for more than a decade….
17, march, 2017 Hundreds of journalists were forced to leave Afghanistan. Many are in hiding, hoping to do the same. Some have tailored their content to ensure they stay on the right side of strict Taliban media guidelines—issued after the group promised to honor a free press. Others who stood defiant have been beaten by…
During the month of April 2016, SUDO (UK)’s network of human rights monitors have reported and verified 98 incidents of human rights abuses across Sudan involving 12 Sudanese states. A further five reports were also submitted concerning three instances of ethnic violence, killing 18 militia members on all sides, a report on the arrival of…
BBC reported: An average of 74 men, women and children were killed every day in Afghanistan throughout the month of August, the BBC has found. The findings show unrelenting violence affects almost the entire country as US negotiations to withdraw after 18 years of war are in disarray. We confirmed 611 security incidents in…
Yaqoub Sharafat Radio Television Afghanistan October 16, 2016, in Qalat, Zabul Province, Afghanistan Unknown assailants shot Yaqoub Sharafat, a 23-year-old journalist for the state-run broadcaster Radio Television Afghanistan, the evening of October 16, 2016, in Qalat, the capital of southern Afghanistan’s Zabul province. The journalist was on his way home at the time, though press…
15 December, 2021 A new report by Amnesty international has documented war crimes and atrocities committed during the fall of the internationally backed Afghan government in August. Rights group Amnesty International held the Taliban, the United States military and Afghan security forces responsible for attacks that caused large-scale civilian suffering before the fall of the…
1 November, 2022 Violence against children (VAC) in Afghanistan is a serious issue in the context of many decades of conflict and poverty. To date, limited studies have explored the extent of VAC in Afghanistan and the settings where VAC takes place. To understand (i) the extent of VAC, (ii) settings where VAC takes place,…
