Afghan Women

Afghan women sing in defiance of Taliban morality laws – National

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Afghan women sing in defiance of Taliban morality laws – National

Afghan women are raising their voices in song to protest restrictive laws enacted by the Taliban, which ban women from singing and reading aloud in public. The laws were issued last week by the ministry for the “propagation of virtue and the prevention of vice,” which was established in 2021 after the Taliban seized control of … Read more

Stolen education: What’s happened since Taliban banned women from university in Afghanistan – National

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Stolen education: What’s happened since Taliban banned women from university in Afghanistan – National

Zahra Rajabi started her first year of journalism school in December 2022, but just a few weeks into the semester classes were abruptly cancelled. “We completely said goodbye to each other, crying,” she told Global News. The 20-year-old from Kabul is one of millions of Afghan women and girls deprived of their right to learn. … Read more