Latest items for Afghanistan
Dec. 6, 2024, 10:42 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"They are required to take a male chaperone with them on journeys of more than 72 km (45 miles) and follow a dress code" (para 7).
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"They are required to take a male chaperone with them on journeys of more than 72 km (45 miles) and follow a dress code" (para 7).
Dec. 6, 2024, 10:42 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1, IIP-LAW-1
"Women and girls have been increasingly confined to their homes since the Taliban takeover in 2021. They are barred from education beyond sixth grade, including university, public spaces like parks, and most jobs. They are required to take a male chaperone with them on journeys of more than 72 km (45 miles) and follow a dress code. A Taliban decree in July ordered the closure of all beauty salons, one of the few remaining places that women could go to outside the home or family environment" (para 7-8).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1, IIP-LAW-1
"Women and girls have been increasingly confined to their homes since the Taliban takeover in 2021. They are barred from education beyond sixth grade, including university, public spaces like parks, and most jobs. They are required to take a male chaperone with them on journeys of more than 72 km (45 miles) and follow a dress code. A Taliban decree in July ordered the closure of all beauty salons, one of the few remaining places that women could go to outside the home or family environment" (para 7-8).
Dec. 6, 2024, 10:42 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: LBHO-LAW-1, GP-DATA-6, EWCMS-LAW-4, EWCMS-DATA-4
"Women are no longer working in the judiciary or law enforcement, not allowed to deal with crimes of gender-based violence, and only permitted to attend work when called upon by their male supervisors, according to the U.N. report" (12).
Variables: LBHO-LAW-1, GP-DATA-6, EWCMS-LAW-4, EWCMS-DATA-4
"Women are no longer working in the judiciary or law enforcement, not allowed to deal with crimes of gender-based violence, and only permitted to attend work when called upon by their male supervisors, according to the U.N. report" (12).
Dec. 6, 2024, 10:42 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: ERBG-LAW-1
"Women and girls have been increasingly confined to their homes since the Taliban takeover in 2021. They are barred from education beyond sixth grade, including university, public spaces like parks, and most jobs" (para 7). "Women are no longer working in the judiciary or law enforcement, not allowed to deal with crimes of gender-based violence, and only permitted to attend work when called upon by their male supervisors, according to the U.N. report" (para 12).
Variables: ERBG-LAW-1
"Women and girls have been increasingly confined to their homes since the Taliban takeover in 2021. They are barred from education beyond sixth grade, including university, public spaces like parks, and most jobs" (para 7). "Women are no longer working in the judiciary or law enforcement, not allowed to deal with crimes of gender-based violence, and only permitted to attend work when called upon by their male supervisors, according to the U.N. report" (para 12).
Dec. 6, 2024, 10:42 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: DV-PRACTICE-2, DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"Taliban officials are sending Afghan women to prison to protect them from gender-based violence, according to a U.N. report published Thursday. Before the Taliban seized power in 2021, there were 23 state-sponsored women protection centers in Afghanistan where survivors of gender-based violence could seek refuge. Now there are none, the U.N. report said. Officials from the Taliban-led administration told the U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan that there was no need for such shelters or that they were a Western concept. The Taliban sends women to prison if they have no male relatives to stay with or if the male relatives are considered unsafe, the report said. Authorities have also asked...more
Variables: DV-PRACTICE-2, DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"Taliban officials are sending Afghan women to prison to protect them from gender-based violence, according to a U.N. report published Thursday. Before the Taliban seized power in 2021, there were 23 state-sponsored women protection centers in Afghanistan where survivors of gender-based violence could seek refuge. Now there are none, the U.N. report said. Officials from the Taliban-led administration told the U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan that there was no need for such shelters or that they were a Western concept. The Taliban sends women to prison if they have no male relatives to stay with or if the male relatives are considered unsafe, the report said. Authorities have also asked...more
Dec. 6, 2024, 10:42 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"Millions of girls were out of school before the Taliban takeover for cultural and other reasons. Child marriage, violence and abuse were widespread" (para 10).
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"Millions of girls were out of school before the Taliban takeover for cultural and other reasons. Child marriage, violence and abuse were widespread" (para 10).
Dec. 6, 2024, 10:42 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: AFE-LAW-1
"Women and girls have been increasingly confined to their homes since the Taliban takeover in 2021. They are barred from education beyond sixth grade, including university" (para 7).
Variables: AFE-LAW-1
"Women and girls have been increasingly confined to their homes since the Taliban takeover in 2021. They are barred from education beyond sixth grade, including university" (para 7).
Dec. 6, 2024, 10:55 a.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: SUICIDE-PRACTICE-1
"Roya*, 31, was found dead in her house in the city of Herat in May 2022 after years in an abusive marriage. Her younger brother, Mohammad*, said his sister had often told their parents about her husband’s attacks but they urged her not to leave him. 'Every time, my parents would persuade her to keep her family together,' Mohammad said. 'One morning, we were informed that Roya had [taken her own life]. We never thought it would get this far.' The family told people she had died of an illness, because they consider suicide unIslamic and shameful" (para 14-16).
Variables: SUICIDE-PRACTICE-1
"Roya*, 31, was found dead in her house in the city of Herat in May 2022 after years in an abusive marriage. Her younger brother, Mohammad*, said his sister had often told their parents about her husband’s attacks but they urged her not to leave him. 'Every time, my parents would persuade her to keep her family together,' Mohammad said. 'One morning, we were informed that Roya had [taken her own life]. We never thought it would get this far.' The family told people she had died of an illness, because they consider suicide unIslamic and shameful" (para 14-16).
Dec. 6, 2024, 10:55 a.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-1
"'I had two options: to marry an addict and live a life of misery or take my own life,' said the 18-year-old in a phone interview from her home in central Ghor province. 'I chose the latter.' It was not an isolated act of desperation. Since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in the summer of 2021, there has been a disturbing surge in the number of women taking their own lives or attempting to do so, data collected from public hospitals and mental health clinics across a third of Afghanistan’s provinces shows. Taliban authorities have not published data on suicides and have barred health workers from sharing up-to-date statistics...more
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-1
"'I had two options: to marry an addict and live a life of misery or take my own life,' said the 18-year-old in a phone interview from her home in central Ghor province. 'I chose the latter.' It was not an isolated act of desperation. Since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in the summer of 2021, there has been a disturbing surge in the number of women taking their own lives or attempting to do so, data collected from public hospitals and mental health clinics across a third of Afghanistan’s provinces shows. Taliban authorities have not published data on suicides and have barred health workers from sharing up-to-date statistics...more
Dec. 6, 2024, 10:55 a.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: MISA-PRACTICE-1
"Suicide is considered shameful and often covered up in Afghanistan. Some women who attempt suicide will not be taken for treatment and some who die may be buried without a record that they took their own lives" (para 13). "Medics in Herat province, which recorded the highest numbers of female suicides and attempted suicides, described a system overwhelmed, with only 25 mental health beds for a population of millions. Herat has recorded high levels of gender violence and female suicide for many years. Even so, medical need has soared since the Taliban took power. 'Patients do not get the hospitalisation time and counselling they need,' one health worker said. 'Many...more
Variables: MISA-PRACTICE-1
"Suicide is considered shameful and often covered up in Afghanistan. Some women who attempt suicide will not be taken for treatment and some who die may be buried without a record that they took their own lives" (para 13). "Medics in Herat province, which recorded the highest numbers of female suicides and attempted suicides, described a system overwhelmed, with only 25 mental health beds for a population of millions. Herat has recorded high levels of gender violence and female suicide for many years. Even so, medical need has soared since the Taliban took power. 'Patients do not get the hospitalisation time and counselling they need,' one health worker said. 'Many...more
Dec. 6, 2024, 10:55 a.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: MISA-DATA-1
"About 90% of mental health admissions at the provincial hospital in western Herat were women 'breaking down under the weight of the new restrictions', one medic there said" (para 21). "Medics in Herat province, which recorded the highest numbers of female suicides and attempted suicides, described a system overwhelmed, with only 25 mental health beds for a population of millions" (para 27).
Variables: MISA-DATA-1
"About 90% of mental health admissions at the provincial hospital in western Herat were women 'breaking down under the weight of the new restrictions', one medic there said" (para 21). "Medics in Herat province, which recorded the highest numbers of female suicides and attempted suicides, described a system overwhelmed, with only 25 mental health beds for a population of millions" (para 27).
Dec. 6, 2024, 10:55 a.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: IIP-LAW-1
"UN officials and human rights activists have raised the alarm about the sharp increase in the number of women attempting to take their own lives. They have explicitly linked it to Taliban restrictions on every aspect of women’s existence, from a ban on education above elementary level and a prohibition on most work, to a bar on entering parks, bathhouses and other public spaces" (para 6). "Warnings about female suicides are only intensifying as the Taliban tighten controls on every aspect of women’s lives, most recently banning beauty salons" (para 24).
Variables: IIP-LAW-1
"UN officials and human rights activists have raised the alarm about the sharp increase in the number of women attempting to take their own lives. They have explicitly linked it to Taliban restrictions on every aspect of women’s existence, from a ban on education above elementary level and a prohibition on most work, to a bar on entering parks, bathhouses and other public spaces" (para 6). "Warnings about female suicides are only intensifying as the Taliban tighten controls on every aspect of women’s lives, most recently banning beauty salons" (para 24).
Dec. 6, 2024, 10:55 a.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: DV-PRACTICE-2
"Nine in 10 women in Afghanistan are subjected to some form of domestic violence, according to the UN. Efforts to tackle the issue under the last government, from legislation to shelters, were imperfect but offered women some hope. Those efforts have now been dismantled by the Taliban. 'The mechanism to respond to domestic violence is totally eradicated; women have no choice but to bear the violence or kill themselves,' said Akbar" (para 22-23).
Variables: DV-PRACTICE-2
"Nine in 10 women in Afghanistan are subjected to some form of domestic violence, according to the UN. Efforts to tackle the issue under the last government, from legislation to shelters, were imperfect but offered women some hope. Those efforts have now been dismantled by the Taliban. 'The mechanism to respond to domestic violence is totally eradicated; women have no choice but to bear the violence or kill themselves,' said Akbar" (para 22-23).
Dec. 6, 2024, 10:55 a.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: DV-DATA-1
"Nine in 10 women in Afghanistan are subjected to some form of domestic violence, according to the UN" (para 22).
Variables: DV-DATA-1
"Nine in 10 women in Afghanistan are subjected to some form of domestic violence, according to the UN" (para 22).
Dec. 6, 2024, 10:55 a.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: ERBG-LAW-1, AFE-LAW-1
"UN officials and human rights activists have raised the alarm about the sharp increase in the number of women attempting to take their own lives. They have explicitly linked it to Taliban restrictions on every aspect of women’s existence, from a ban on education above elementary level and a prohibition on most work, to a bar on entering parks, bathhouses and other public spaces" (para 6).
Variables: ERBG-LAW-1, AFE-LAW-1
"UN officials and human rights activists have raised the alarm about the sharp increase in the number of women attempting to take their own lives. They have explicitly linked it to Taliban restrictions on every aspect of women’s existence, from a ban on education above elementary level and a prohibition on most work, to a bar on entering parks, bathhouses and other public spaces" (para 6).
Dec. 4, 2024, 4:38 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: PW-LAW-1
"Polygyny legal for up to four wives" (para 18)
Variables: PW-LAW-1
"Polygyny legal for up to four wives" (para 18)
Nov. 16, 2024, 4:25 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-2
"Female judges and prosecutors served as public servants in the country. Many of these trained and educated women left the country or have lived in dread after the Islamic Republic was overthrown" (para 2). "Despite the fact that women are trained in law, the present bar directorate at the Ministry of Justice canceled all the bar licenses of female attorneys and continues to not accept any applications from women. The Taliban have declared that in accordance with sharia law and principles, women should not serve as judges ... Afghanistan is one of the few countries where women are no longer permitted to serve as judges as a result of Taliban...more
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-2
"Female judges and prosecutors served as public servants in the country. Many of these trained and educated women left the country or have lived in dread after the Islamic Republic was overthrown" (para 2). "Despite the fact that women are trained in law, the present bar directorate at the Ministry of Justice canceled all the bar licenses of female attorneys and continues to not accept any applications from women. The Taliban have declared that in accordance with sharia law and principles, women should not serve as judges ... Afghanistan is one of the few countries where women are no longer permitted to serve as judges as a result of Taliban...more
Nov. 16, 2024, 4:25 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-2
"Numerous women in Afghanistan have received education and training to work in judicial and prosecutorial institutions over the past 20 years, often with the help of international aid. Female students dominated law schools, and training facilities attempted to prepare both genders for careers in the legal industry. Women were given extensive training to serve in the justice and prosecution systems" (para 1,2).
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-2
"Numerous women in Afghanistan have received education and training to work in judicial and prosecutorial institutions over the past 20 years, often with the help of international aid. Female students dominated law schools, and training facilities attempted to prepare both genders for careers in the legal industry. Women were given extensive training to serve in the justice and prosecution systems" (para 1,2).
Nov. 16, 2024, 4:25 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: ASR-DATA-1
"Afghanistan is one of the few countries where there are no female judges, attorneys, or prosecutors" (para 1). "Over 300 women served as judges under the previous government. In more than 15 provinces across Afghanistan, female judges presided over various court divisions. As a result, women had easy access to justice in the Islamic Republic’s judicial and prosecutorial system" (para 2).
Variables: ASR-DATA-1
"Afghanistan is one of the few countries where there are no female judges, attorneys, or prosecutors" (para 1). "Over 300 women served as judges under the previous government. In more than 15 provinces across Afghanistan, female judges presided over various court divisions. As a result, women had easy access to justice in the Islamic Republic’s judicial and prosecutorial system" (para 2).
Nov. 16, 2024, 4:25 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"Women cannot access justice agencies and in most areas their petitions asking for justice cannot not be heard, which will increase the deepening violence against women. Domestic violence against women has escalated since the Islamic Republic was overthrown, according to many local and international reports, and women’s ability to access the court system has been completely wrecked" (para 6).
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"Women cannot access justice agencies and in most areas their petitions asking for justice cannot not be heard, which will increase the deepening violence against women. Domestic violence against women has escalated since the Islamic Republic was overthrown, according to many local and international reports, and women’s ability to access the court system has been completely wrecked" (para 6).
Nov. 16, 2024, 4:25 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: DV-DATA-1
" Domestic violence against women has escalated since the Islamic Republic was overthrown, according to many local and international reports, and women’s ability to access the court system has been completely wrecked" (para 6).
Variables: DV-DATA-1
" Domestic violence against women has escalated since the Islamic Republic was overthrown, according to many local and international reports, and women’s ability to access the court system has been completely wrecked" (para 6).
Nov. 16, 2024, 4:25 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1, DV-PRACTICE-1
"Women cannot access justice agencies and in most areas their petitions asking for justice cannot not be heard, which will increase the deepening violence against women" (para 6).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1, DV-PRACTICE-1
"Women cannot access justice agencies and in most areas their petitions asking for justice cannot not be heard, which will increase the deepening violence against women" (para 6).
Nov. 16, 2024, 4:25 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: ERBG-LAW-1
"Afghanistan is one of the few countries where there are no female judges, attorneys, or prosecutors" (para 1). "Despite the fact that women are trained in law, the present bar directorate at the Ministry of Justice canceled all the bar licenses of female attorneys and continues to not accept any applications from women. The Taliban have declared that in accordance with sharia law and principles, women should not serve as judges ... Afghanistan is one of the few countries where women are no longer permitted to serve as judges as a result of Taliban policy. They are also ineligible to practice law and prosecute crimes" (para 3, 4). "In addition,...more
Variables: ERBG-LAW-1
"Afghanistan is one of the few countries where there are no female judges, attorneys, or prosecutors" (para 1). "Despite the fact that women are trained in law, the present bar directorate at the Ministry of Justice canceled all the bar licenses of female attorneys and continues to not accept any applications from women. The Taliban have declared that in accordance with sharia law and principles, women should not serve as judges ... Afghanistan is one of the few countries where women are no longer permitted to serve as judges as a result of Taliban policy. They are also ineligible to practice law and prosecute crimes" (para 3, 4). "In addition,...more
Nov. 16, 2024, 4:25 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: DV-PRACTICE-2
"In the former government women who were victims of domestic violence and women complainers were kept in safe houses in Kabul and various parts of the country. These houses provided living space for domestic violence victims, particularly women. After August 2021, these houses are closed, and it is unknown where the women who lived there are, or how they are now being treated" (para 7).
Variables: DV-PRACTICE-2
"In the former government women who were victims of domestic violence and women complainers were kept in safe houses in Kabul and various parts of the country. These houses provided living space for domestic violence victims, particularly women. After August 2021, these houses are closed, and it is unknown where the women who lived there are, or how they are now being treated" (para 7).
Nov. 16, 2024, 4:25 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: LBHO-LAW-1
"The Taliban have declared that in accordance with sharia law and principles, women should not serve as judges … They are also ineligible to practice law and prosecute crimes" (para 4)."After August 2021, women’s participation in the Taliban government reached zero" (para 6).
Variables: LBHO-LAW-1
"The Taliban have declared that in accordance with sharia law and principles, women should not serve as judges … They are also ineligible to practice law and prosecute crimes" (para 4)."After August 2021, women’s participation in the Taliban government reached zero" (para 6).
Nov. 16, 2024, 4:25 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: LBHO-DATA-1, GP-DATA-1, GP-DATA-2
"After August 2021, women’s participation in the Taliban government reached zero" (para 6).
Variables: LBHO-DATA-1, GP-DATA-1, GP-DATA-2
"After August 2021, women’s participation in the Taliban government reached zero" (para 6).
Nov. 16, 2024, 4:25 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: GP-DATA-6
"Afghanistan is one of the few countries where there are no female judges, attorneys, or prosecutors" (para 1). "Over 300 women served as judges under the previous government. In more than 15 provinces across Afghanistan, female judges presided over various court divisions" (para 2). "After August 2021, women’s participation in the Taliban government reached zero" (para 6).
Variables: GP-DATA-6
"Afghanistan is one of the few countries where there are no female judges, attorneys, or prosecutors" (para 1). "Over 300 women served as judges under the previous government. In more than 15 provinces across Afghanistan, female judges presided over various court divisions" (para 2). "After August 2021, women’s participation in the Taliban government reached zero" (para 6).
Nov. 16, 2024, 3:40 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: CIWM-PRACTICE-1
"Many [women] are acutely malnourished and don’t know where their next meal is coming from" (para 11). "According to UN resident and humanitarian coordinator Ramiz Alakbarov, 'a staggering 95% of Afghans are not getting enough to eat, with that number rising to almost 100% in female-headed households'" (para 19).
Variables: CIWM-PRACTICE-1
"Many [women] are acutely malnourished and don’t know where their next meal is coming from" (para 11). "According to UN resident and humanitarian coordinator Ramiz Alakbarov, 'a staggering 95% of Afghans are not getting enough to eat, with that number rising to almost 100% in female-headed households'" (para 19).
Nov. 16, 2024, 3:40 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: IIP-LAW-1, DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"The recent Taliban ban on women working in international and national organisations and women moving about public spaces has also affected women being able to find employment" (para 4). "This [female struggle to find employment] follows Taliban decrees banning women from education at the secondary and university level and not allowing them to travel without a mahram (male close relative as chaperone). The Taliban also ordered the closure of all beauty salons, public bathrooms, and sports centres for women, important sectors of employment for women" (para 17).
Variables: IIP-LAW-1, DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"The recent Taliban ban on women working in international and national organisations and women moving about public spaces has also affected women being able to find employment" (para 4). "This [female struggle to find employment] follows Taliban decrees banning women from education at the secondary and university level and not allowing them to travel without a mahram (male close relative as chaperone). The Taliban also ordered the closure of all beauty salons, public bathrooms, and sports centres for women, important sectors of employment for women" (para 17).
Nov. 16, 2024, 3:40 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
"Previously [before the Taliban takeover] about 10% of educated women in Afghanistan worked in national or international organisations to support their children (para 6).
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
"Previously [before the Taliban takeover] about 10% of educated women in Afghanistan worked in national or international organisations to support their children (para 6).