The Taliban 's so-called morality police have arrested at least 21 women, including one who is pregnant, for allegedly ...

A quarter of a million more girls are permanently excluded from secondary education each year ...

Pakistan, June 8 -- The United Nations has voiced concern over the reported arrest and detention of women in western ...

The United Nations mission in Afghanistan has expressed concern over the arrest and detention of women in a western province ...

The United Nations’ mission in Afghanistan has expressed concern over arrests and detentions of women in western Afghanistan ...

Sahar Naseri ’29 met with members of Congress in April, advocating for Afghan girls’ access to education. She was blocked ...

A protest in London in 2025 against the Taliban’s treatment of women in Afghanistan. Monica Wells/Alamy Live News Picture this: you have spent decades building a career. You have a master’s degree.

Up to 70% of girls may be in early or forced marriages but law now makes divorce impossible if husbands disagree Child marriage appears to have been legally recognised for the first time by the ...

Six-year-old Farzana was a child bride, pledged by her father to a 13-year-old boy for a sum equivalent to approximately $60. After repeated appeals from Farzana's mother, tribal chiefs intervened and ...

The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Tuesday that the ongoing restrictions on girls’ education and women’s employment in Afghanistan could result in a shortage of more than 25,000 women teachers ...

This article was written by Asma in 2025. It is published with her consent under the special coverage that tells the stories of young women and girls from Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover in ...