Democracy had come to an end in Afghanistan and sharia was in effect, he said, adding that supporters of democracy were ...

Masouma is not the only woman who has turned to this workshop to make ends meet. Due to the Taliban’s restrictions on female ...

They banned women and girls from universities and schools, effectively strangling their employment ... with strands from the ...

Afghanistan is the only country in the world that bans female secondary and higher education, with the Taliban justifying the ban saying it doesn't comply with their interpretation of Sharia, ...

Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching the all-enveloping blue burqa with a face mesh ... They have gradually erased Afghan women from public space, imposing what the United ...

They have gradually erased Afghan women from public space, imposing what the United Nations has called a "gender apartheid". They outlawed the loose headscarves commonly worn by urban women.

UNESCO has reported that 1.5 million Afghan girls have been starved of higher education and 300,000 girls lose access ... accessing health care without a male chaperone, leaving home without a burqa ...

They have gradually erased Afghan women from public space, imposing what the United Nations has called a ‘gender apartheid’. They outlawed the loose headscarves commonly worn by urban women.

Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching the all-enveloping blue burqa with a face mesh ... They have gradually erased Afghan women from public space, imposing what the United ...

But while women must still have their bodies and faces covered, restrictions from the feared religious police do not specifically mention the burqa ... gradually erased Afghan women from public ...