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Female tour guides in Afghanistan lead women-only groups as some travelers return
Afghanistan is seeing the emergence of local female tour guides, in a country whose Taliban government imposes the world’s ...
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Afghan Women Continue to Fight for Bodily Autonomy
Since July 16, the Taliban have arrested dozens of women and girls in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, for allegedly violating ...
Taliban tortured and threatened Afghans expelled from Pakistan and Iran, UN report says
A UN report says the Taliban have tortured and threatened Afghans forcibly returned from Iran and Pakistan because of their ...
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With Fewer Places to Go, Afghans Find Refuge in Brazil
By the UN’s count, over half a million Afghans need resettlement this year, and the number of available spaces for refugees ...
With no access to education beyond the 6th grade, girls in Afghanistan turn to religious schools
For six hours every day after school, Nahideh works in a cemetery, collecting water from a nearby shrine to sell to mourners ...
How Israel's Gaza genocide is happening in broad daylight with U.S. support
How Israel's Gaza genocide is happening in broad daylight with U.S. support ...
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International Day for Women and Girls of African Descent
The International Day of Women and Girls of African Descent is celebrated annually on July 25th. It was established by the United Nations to recognize the contributions and achievements of women ...
UN concerned by Taliban’s arrest of Afghan women and girls for dress code violations
The United Nations mission in Afghanistan has expressed concern about the Taliban's arrest of women and girls for alleged failure to comply with the authorities’ dress code ...