Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is a serious human rights violation and a significant global health and security issue. Studies suggest that the rates, perpetrators and types of VAWG fluctuate during conflict; and there is some evidence that sexual violence against both women and men increases during conflict. The global prevalence of sexual violence…
5 October, 2021 An Afghan girl cleans shoes as men pray on a Kabul street on Sept. 24, 2021. (Bernat Armangue/The Associated Press) On the day Afghanistan fell, Diba was helping patients when she received an urgent call from her mother, informing her the Taliban were in Kabul. The 27-year-old medical student walked out onto…
A Taliban fighter stands guard as women wait to receive food rations distributed by a humanitarian aid group in Kabul. Afghan women feel scared or unsafe leaving their home alone because of Taliban decrees and enforcement campaigns on clothing and male guardians, according to a report from the UN Mission in Afghanistan. The report was…
January 27, 2022 UN reported: On Monday, 17th of January, a group of independent UN human rights experts appointed by the Human Rights Council expressed serious concerns about the current situation for women in Afghanistan. The UN warned about the systematic gender-based discrimination and violence against women and young girls currently experience in the country….
20 December,2020 A car bomb killed at least eight people and wounded more than 15 others in Kabul on Sunday, officials said, the latest attack to rock the Afghan capital. Kabul has been hit by a wave of deadly violence in recent months despite the Taliban and government engaging in peace talks to end…
In spite of overmuch advocacy against women violence since 2001 it remains one of the most challenging problems in Afghanistan. it occurs everywhere and in various forms such as physical violence, sexual, economic, and psychological violence. It seems that with rise of poverty and insecurities, the violence against women also increased. More often Media…
14/01/2019 A part-time radio journalist was traveling in western Afghanistan last week when he was kidnapped by Taliban militants and later killed. The country is repeatedly ranked as one of the deadliest for journalists. The body of Javid Noori, an Afghan government employee who also worked as a part-time journalist in western Afghanistan’s Farah region,…
Progress made in recent years towards protecting Afghan women’s rights and providing accountability for violence against women and girls has been undermined by the Taliban’s rise to power. Domestic violence is particularly prevalent in Afghanistan but a lack of financial dependency is one of the key obstacles preventing Afghan women from seeking help. Those who…
The Afghanistan National Journalists Union says 90 percent of violence against journalists committed by the Taliban. 28 October, 2021 More than 30 instances of violence and threats of violence against Afghan journalists were recorded in the last two months, with nearly 90 percent committed by the Taliban, says a media More than 40 percent of…
24/12/2022 IOM: The decision by the Taliban de facto authorities to ban women from attending university is the latest in a series of systematic restrictions and violations of the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan. We urge the de facto authorities to reverse their decision and ensure equal access to education at all levels for women and…
