Afghanistan’s supreme leader and Taliban chief Hibatullah Akhundzada imposed some of the harshest restrictions on Afghanistan’s women since they seized power, ordering them to cover fully in public, ideally with the traditional burqa. Source: Taliban order...
The Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project Afghanistan (ACLED) reported that the rate of violence against women and civilians has surged in Afghanistan. The Islamic Emirate denied the report. Source: Data Project Reports Surge in Violence Against Civilians,...
Online violence against female journalists has become a “silent epidemic.” A 2021 UNESCO global survey indicates that nearly three quarters of female journalists have experienced online harassment. Center for International Media Assistance, by Lourdes Walusala,...
On August 2nd Rahmat Jafari, editor of three of The Fruit of Our Labor films, contacted me. He asked about new US Congressional legislation that I had also just heard about in the news. The US Congress passed special legislation to allow US media organizations...
Some Afghan women are quietly pushing to keep professional and personal freedoms under Taliban rule. Source: Where taking the wheel is a protest, The New Humanitarian, by Sara Perria, April 19,...
