Latest items for Afghanistan
Feb. 20, 2025, 9:55 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: MARR-LAW-1
"The Taliban officials roam the streets enforcing the Islamic fundamentalists’ strict interpretation of sharia religious law, such as bans on women speaking or showing their faces outside their homes, or travelling without a male relative. They can make decisions about people’s lives and liberties on the spot, say human rights activists, including forcing them to marry" (para 5). "Without any further investigation, the Taliban forced Samira to marry her employer, a man who already had a wife and two children. His eldest son is the same age as Samira. The marriage was officiated at the station that same day by the Taliban police, who have been given the authority to...more
Variables: MARR-LAW-1
"The Taliban officials roam the streets enforcing the Islamic fundamentalists’ strict interpretation of sharia religious law, such as bans on women speaking or showing their faces outside their homes, or travelling without a male relative. They can make decisions about people’s lives and liberties on the spot, say human rights activists, including forcing them to marry" (para 5). "Without any further investigation, the Taliban forced Samira to marry her employer, a man who already had a wife and two children. His eldest son is the same age as Samira. The marriage was officiated at the station that same day by the Taliban police, who have been given the authority to...more
Feb. 20, 2025, 9:55 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-1
"It was a normal summer morning in July last year when 19-year-old Samira* made her way to the carpet-weaving shop where she worked in Kabul to pick up her wages. She had no way of knowing that in just a few hours, her life as she knew it would be over. She would end the day in a Taliban police station, a victim of forced marriage with her entire future decided for her by a group of strangers with guns" (para 1-2). "That day, Samira says, she was 'frozen with fear' as they approached her. 'They asked, ‘Who is this man [her employer] to you? Why are you alone? What...more
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-1
"It was a normal summer morning in July last year when 19-year-old Samira* made her way to the carpet-weaving shop where she worked in Kabul to pick up her wages. She had no way of knowing that in just a few hours, her life as she knew it would be over. She would end the day in a Taliban police station, a victim of forced marriage with her entire future decided for her by a group of strangers with guns" (para 1-2). "That day, Samira says, she was 'frozen with fear' as they approached her. 'They asked, ‘Who is this man [her employer] to you? Why are you alone? What...more
Feb. 20, 2025, 9:55 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-1
"When her father, uncle and older brothers learned what had happened, they broke into Mohammad’s house with sticks, shovels and other tools and beat Samira. Samira does not even remember which of her relatives hit her with the shovel. The marks from the wounds on her forehead are still visible six months later, she says. Yasmin says she had intended to take Samira home before her father had arrived and had to tell Samira she could not now return home. Her father told her: 'My honour is gone. How can I face the neighbours and the community?' Yasmin tried to persuade her father but to no avail. 'I apologised repeatedly,...more
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-1
"When her father, uncle and older brothers learned what had happened, they broke into Mohammad’s house with sticks, shovels and other tools and beat Samira. Samira does not even remember which of her relatives hit her with the shovel. The marks from the wounds on her forehead are still visible six months later, she says. Yasmin says she had intended to take Samira home before her father had arrived and had to tell Samira she could not now return home. Her father told her: 'My honour is gone. How can I face the neighbours and the community?' Yasmin tried to persuade her father but to no avail. 'I apologised repeatedly,...more
Feb. 20, 2025, 9:55 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: PW-PRACTICE-3
"Without any further investigation, the Taliban forced Samira to marry her employer, a man who already had a wife and two children. His eldest son is the same age as Samira. The marriage was officiated at the station that same day by the Taliban police, who have been given the authority to perform marriage rites since the Islamists’ takeover in 2021" (para 13-14).
Variables: PW-PRACTICE-3
"Without any further investigation, the Taliban forced Samira to marry her employer, a man who already had a wife and two children. His eldest son is the same age as Samira. The marriage was officiated at the station that same day by the Taliban police, who have been given the authority to perform marriage rites since the Islamists’ takeover in 2021" (para 13-14).
Feb. 20, 2025, 9:55 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: LRCM-DATA-1
"'The ban on girls’ education above grade 6 increases exposure of girls to abuse, including early marriage. These marriages often lead to more suffering for women and girls, including marital rape, abuse, forced pregnancy and forced labour'" (para 30).
Variables: LRCM-DATA-1
"'The ban on girls’ education above grade 6 increases exposure of girls to abuse, including early marriage. These marriages often lead to more suffering for women and girls, including marital rape, abuse, forced pregnancy and forced labour'" (para 30).
Feb. 20, 2025, 9:55 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1, PW-DATA-1
"Samira, who remains living with Mohammad and his first wife, says she is now struggling with depression and that the only place where she is allowed to go is her sister Yasmin’s house" (para 24).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1, PW-DATA-1
"Samira, who remains living with Mohammad and his first wife, says she is now struggling with depression and that the only place where she is allowed to go is her sister Yasmin’s house" (para 24).
Feb. 20, 2025, 9:55 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: IIP-LAW-1
"The Taliban officials roam the streets enforcing the Islamic fundamentalists’ strict interpretation of sharia religious law, such as bans on women speaking or showing their faces outside their homes, or travelling without a male relative" (para 5).
Variables: IIP-LAW-1
"The Taliban officials roam the streets enforcing the Islamic fundamentalists’ strict interpretation of sharia religious law, such as bans on women speaking or showing their faces outside their homes, or travelling without a male relative" (para 5).
Feb. 20, 2025, 9:55 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Under Taliban rule, girls aged over 12 are not allowed to attend school, so carpet-weaving is one of the few areas where women and girls deprived of education can still work. More than 20 women and young girls along with Samira worked for the carpet-weaving business, located in the basement of an unfinished building in a poverty-stricken neighbourhood. They earned about 7,000 Afghanis (£80) a month" (para 6-7).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Under Taliban rule, girls aged over 12 are not allowed to attend school, so carpet-weaving is one of the few areas where women and girls deprived of education can still work. More than 20 women and young girls along with Samira worked for the carpet-weaving business, located in the basement of an unfinished building in a poverty-stricken neighbourhood. They earned about 7,000 Afghanis (£80) a month" (para 6-7).
Feb. 20, 2025, 9:55 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"That morning, as she waited alone outside her employer’s shop to collect her salary while he ate his lunch, the Taliban’s 'morality police' were on patrol nearby. 'I had to wait because the workshop was an hour’s walk from home,' she says. 'The shop was near a main road. Unluckily, I was sitting right outside the door when the Taliban passed by and suddenly noticed me.' The Taliban officials roam the streets enforcing the Islamic fundamentalists’ strict interpretation of sharia religious law, such as bans on women speaking or showing their faces outside their homes, or travelling without a male relative. They can make decisions about people’s lives and liberties...more
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"That morning, as she waited alone outside her employer’s shop to collect her salary while he ate his lunch, the Taliban’s 'morality police' were on patrol nearby. 'I had to wait because the workshop was an hour’s walk from home,' she says. 'The shop was near a main road. Unluckily, I was sitting right outside the door when the Taliban passed by and suddenly noticed me.' The Taliban officials roam the streets enforcing the Islamic fundamentalists’ strict interpretation of sharia religious law, such as bans on women speaking or showing their faces outside their homes, or travelling without a male relative. They can make decisions about people’s lives and liberties...more
Feb. 20, 2025, 9:55 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: DSFMF-PRACTICE-4
"Samira, who remains living with Mohammad and his first wife, says she is now struggling with depression and that the only place where she is allowed to go is her sister Yasmin’s house. Neither her father nor her mother will speak to her. She says the men in her family are 'no different from the Taliban'. 'Without knowing the full story, without even asking me why I had gone to the factory’s office at that time of day, they feel entitled to call me a prostitute, just like the Taliban did, and enforce the marriage between Mohammad and me'" (para 24-25).
Variables: DSFMF-PRACTICE-4
"Samira, who remains living with Mohammad and his first wife, says she is now struggling with depression and that the only place where she is allowed to go is her sister Yasmin’s house. Neither her father nor her mother will speak to her. She says the men in her family are 'no different from the Taliban'. 'Without knowing the full story, without even asking me why I had gone to the factory’s office at that time of day, they feel entitled to call me a prostitute, just like the Taliban did, and enforce the marriage between Mohammad and me'" (para 24-25).
Feb. 20, 2025, 9:55 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: DSFMF-LAW-1
"'They asked, ‘Who is this man [her employer] to you? Why are you alone? What are you doing here? How can you allow such a thing? What are you doing with a man who isn’t your relative?’' The Taliban officers arrested Samira and Mohammad*, 42, on charges of an immoral relationship and contacted both of their families" (para 8-9).
Variables: DSFMF-LAW-1
"'They asked, ‘Who is this man [her employer] to you? Why are you alone? What are you doing here? How can you allow such a thing? What are you doing with a man who isn’t your relative?’' The Taliban officers arrested Samira and Mohammad*, 42, on charges of an immoral relationship and contacted both of their families" (para 8-9).
Feb. 20, 2025, 9:55 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: CWC-DATA-2
"'Many Afghans have informed me that forced and child marriages still occur widely with impunity, including with Taliban members, especially in rural and remote areas'" (para 29).
Variables: CWC-DATA-2
"'Many Afghans have informed me that forced and child marriages still occur widely with impunity, including with Taliban members, especially in rural and remote areas'" (para 29).
Feb. 20, 2025, 9:55 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: ASR-PRACTICE-1
"Before being barred from school, Samira says she had dreams of becoming an engineer, despite the mockery of her brothers, who told her: 'What does a girl have to do with becoming an engineer? When you grow up, your father will find you a husband'" (para 23).
Variables: ASR-PRACTICE-1
"Before being barred from school, Samira says she had dreams of becoming an engineer, despite the mockery of her brothers, who told her: 'What does a girl have to do with becoming an engineer? When you grow up, your father will find you a husband'" (para 23).
Feb. 20, 2025, 9:55 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: AOM-DATA-2
"However, Richard Bennett, UN special rapporteur on human rights in Afghanistan, said there had been a worsening trend of forced and child marriages in Afghanistan, despite a Taliban order in December 2021 that banned forced marriages. 'Many Afghans have informed me that forced and child marriages still occur widely with impunity, including with Taliban members, especially in rural and remote areas. 'The ban on girls’ education above grade 6 increases exposure of girls to abuse, including early marriage. These marriages often lead to more suffering for women and girls, including marital rape, abuse, forced pregnancy and forced labour'" (para 28-30).
Variables: AOM-DATA-2
"However, Richard Bennett, UN special rapporteur on human rights in Afghanistan, said there had been a worsening trend of forced and child marriages in Afghanistan, despite a Taliban order in December 2021 that banned forced marriages. 'Many Afghans have informed me that forced and child marriages still occur widely with impunity, including with Taliban members, especially in rural and remote areas. 'The ban on girls’ education above grade 6 increases exposure of girls to abuse, including early marriage. These marriages often lead to more suffering for women and girls, including marital rape, abuse, forced pregnancy and forced labour'" (para 28-30).
Feb. 20, 2025, 9:55 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: AFE-LAW-1
"Under Taliban rule, girls aged over 12 are not allowed to attend school" (para 6). "Before being barred from school, Samira says she had dreams of becoming an engineer, despite the mockery of her brothers, who told her: 'What does a girl have to do with becoming an engineer? When you grow up, your father will find you a husband'" (para 23). "'The ban on girls’ education above grade 6 increases exposure of girls to abuse, including early marriage'" (para 30).
Variables: AFE-LAW-1
"Under Taliban rule, girls aged over 12 are not allowed to attend school" (para 6). "Before being barred from school, Samira says she had dreams of becoming an engineer, despite the mockery of her brothers, who told her: 'What does a girl have to do with becoming an engineer? When you grow up, your father will find you a husband'" (para 23). "'The ban on girls’ education above grade 6 increases exposure of girls to abuse, including early marriage'" (para 30).
Feb. 13, 2025, 3:56 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan, Egypt, India, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-8
"Estimates on consanguineous marriage prevalence around the world vary. Studies have put Pakistan as having one of the highest rates globally at 65 per cent of unions. This is followed by India (55 per cent), Saudi Arabia (50 per cent), Afghanistan (40 per cent), Iran (30 per cent) and Egypt and Turkey (20 per cent each)" (para 46-48).
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-8
"Estimates on consanguineous marriage prevalence around the world vary. Studies have put Pakistan as having one of the highest rates globally at 65 per cent of unions. This is followed by India (55 per cent), Saudi Arabia (50 per cent), Afghanistan (40 per cent), Iran (30 per cent) and Egypt and Turkey (20 per cent each)" (para 46-48).
Feb. 8, 2025, 12:18 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: LBHO-PRACTICE-3
"Women have also mostly been barred from working for the United Nations or NGOs, and thousands have been sacked from government jobs or are being paid to stay at home" (par. 7).
Variables: LBHO-PRACTICE-3
"Women have also mostly been barred from working for the United Nations or NGOs, and thousands have been sacked from government jobs or are being paid to stay at home" (par. 7).
Feb. 8, 2025, 12:18 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"Beauty parlours mushroomed across Kabul and other Afghan cities in the 20 years that US-led forces occupied the country after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks against New York City's World Trade centre. They were seen as a safe place to gather and socialise away from men and provided vital business opportunities for women. 'Women used to chat, gossip. There was no fighting here, no noise,' said a salon worker who asked to be identified only as Neelab" (par. 12-14). ""Raha, a 24-year-old student until she was barred from university last year, was visiting a salon Tuesday for a makeover before an engagement party. 'This place was the only place...more
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"Beauty parlours mushroomed across Kabul and other Afghan cities in the 20 years that US-led forces occupied the country after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks against New York City's World Trade centre. They were seen as a safe place to gather and socialise away from men and provided vital business opportunities for women. 'Women used to chat, gossip. There was no fighting here, no noise,' said a salon worker who asked to be identified only as Neelab" (par. 12-14). ""Raha, a 24-year-old student until she was barred from university last year, was visiting a salon Tuesday for a makeover before an engagement party. 'This place was the only place...more
Feb. 8, 2025, 12:18 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: IIP-LAW-1
"Afghanistan's Taliban authorities have ordered beauty parlours across the country to shut within a month, their latest crackdown on women's rights in the country" (par. 1). "Since seizing power in August 2021, the Taliban government has barred girls and women from high schools and universities, banned them from parks, funfairs and gyms, and ordered them to cover up in public" (par. 6).
Variables: IIP-LAW-1
"Afghanistan's Taliban authorities have ordered beauty parlours across the country to shut within a month, their latest crackdown on women's rights in the country" (par. 1). "Since seizing power in August 2021, the Taliban government has barred girls and women from high schools and universities, banned them from parks, funfairs and gyms, and ordered them to cover up in public" (par. 6).
Feb. 8, 2025, 12:18 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"Another salon manager said she employed 25 women who were all breadwinners for their families. 'All of them are heartbroken... what should they do?' she said" (par. 16). ""Raha, a 24-year-old student until she was barred from university last year, was visiting a salon Tuesday for a makeover before an engagement party. 'This place was the only place left for women to earn for themselves and they want to take it, too,' she said" (par. 23-24).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"Another salon manager said she employed 25 women who were all breadwinners for their families. 'All of them are heartbroken... what should they do?' she said" (par. 16). ""Raha, a 24-year-old student until she was barred from university last year, was visiting a salon Tuesday for a makeover before an engagement party. 'This place was the only place left for women to earn for themselves and they want to take it, too,' she said" (par. 23-24).
Feb. 8, 2025, 12:18 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-3
"Women have also mostly been barred from working for the United Nations or NGOs, and thousands have been sacked from government jobs or are being paid to stay at home" (par. 7). "Beauty parlours mushroomed across Kabul and other Afghan cities in the 20 ye
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-3
"Women have also mostly been barred from working for the United Nations or NGOs, and thousands have been sacked from government jobs or are being paid to stay at home" (par. 7). "Beauty parlours mushroomed across Kabul and other Afghan cities in the 20 ye
Feb. 8, 2025, 12:18 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Women have also mostly been barred from working for the United Nations or NGOs, and thousands have been sacked from government jobs or are being paid to stay at home" (par. 7). "Beauty parlours mushroomed across Kabul and other Afghan cities in the 20 years that US-led forces occupied the country after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks against New York City's World Trade centre. They were seen as a safe place to gather and socialise away from men and provided vital business opportunities for women. 'Women used to chat, gossip. There was no fighting here, no noise,' said a salon worker who asked to be identified only as Neelab"...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Women have also mostly been barred from working for the United Nations or NGOs, and thousands have been sacked from government jobs or are being paid to stay at home" (par. 7). "Beauty parlours mushroomed across Kabul and other Afghan cities in the 20 years that US-led forces occupied the country after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks against New York City's World Trade centre. They were seen as a safe place to gather and socialise away from men and provided vital business opportunities for women. 'Women used to chat, gossip. There was no fighting here, no noise,' said a salon worker who asked to be identified only as Neelab"...more
Feb. 8, 2025, 12:18 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: ERBG-LAW-1
"Afghanistan's Taliban authorities have ordered beauty parlours across the country to shut within a month, their latest crackdown on women's rights in the country. The order - which the vice ministry confirmed Tuesday - will force the closure of thousands of businesses run by women and outlaw one of the few remaining opportunities for them to socialise away from home. Salons are often the only source of income for households" (par. 1-3).
Variables: ERBG-LAW-1
"Afghanistan's Taliban authorities have ordered beauty parlours across the country to shut within a month, their latest crackdown on women's rights in the country. The order - which the vice ministry confirmed Tuesday - will force the closure of thousands of businesses run by women and outlaw one of the few remaining opportunities for them to socialise away from home. Salons are often the only source of income for households" (par. 1-3).
Feb. 8, 2025, 12:18 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"Raha, a 24-year-old student until she was barred from university last year, was visiting a salon Tuesday for a makeover before an engagement party. 'This place was the only place left for women to earn for themselves and they want to take it, too,' she said" (par. 23-24).
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"Raha, a 24-year-old student until she was barred from university last year, was visiting a salon Tuesday for a makeover before an engagement party. 'This place was the only place left for women to earn for themselves and they want to take it, too,' she said" (par. 23-24).
Feb. 8, 2025, 12:18 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1, AFE-LAW-1, SRACE-PRACTICE-1, SRACE-PRACTICE-2
"Since seizing power in August 2021, the Taliban government has barred girls and women from high schools and universities, banned them from parks, funfairs and gyms, and ordered them to cover up in public" (par. 6).
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1, AFE-LAW-1, SRACE-PRACTICE-1, SRACE-PRACTICE-2
"Since seizing power in August 2021, the Taliban government has barred girls and women from high schools and universities, banned them from parks, funfairs and gyms, and ordered them to cover up in public" (par. 6).
Feb. 7, 2025, 2:58 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1
"Radio Begum provided educational support for girls deprived of schooling. It offered an interactive antenna open to Afghan women to talk about their joys and sorrows. It provided a virtual living space for those deprived of it in the real world. On Tuesday, the Taliban raided the radio station's studio in Kabul, arresting two male employees, who have remained in custody, and suspending their right to broadcast" (para 2-3).
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1
"Radio Begum provided educational support for girls deprived of schooling. It offered an interactive antenna open to Afghan women to talk about their joys and sorrows. It provided a virtual living space for those deprived of it in the real world. On Tuesday, the Taliban raided the radio station's studio in Kabul, arresting two male employees, who have remained in custody, and suspending their right to broadcast" (para 2-3).
Feb. 7, 2025, 2:58 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: WAM-LAW-1
"This week, the Taliban closed one of the last remaining windows of freedom for Afghan women: a radio station broadcasting from Kabul and aimed at women" (para 1). "The radio station is being held hostage in order to put pressure on the television station, according to the presenters of both media. In any case, this is yet another act in the isolation of Afghan women, which is unprecedented in the world" (para 4).
Variables: WAM-LAW-1
"This week, the Taliban closed one of the last remaining windows of freedom for Afghan women: a radio station broadcasting from Kabul and aimed at women" (para 1). "The radio station is being held hostage in order to put pressure on the television station, according to the presenters of both media. In any case, this is yet another act in the isolation of Afghan women, which is unprecedented in the world" (para 4).
Feb. 7, 2025, 2:58 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: IIP-LAW-1, RISW-PRACTICE-2
"For a little more than three years, the Taliban have been gradually eliminating women's visibility in society. It began with a ban on girls going to high school, and is regularly followed by new decrees restricting women's freedoms. At the end of 2024, a decree signed by the Taliban leader obliged owners of houses to reduce the size of windows in rooms where women might be present. 'To protect neighbors from temptation,' according to the text, but also to make women even less visible" (para 5-6).
Variables: IIP-LAW-1, RISW-PRACTICE-2
"For a little more than three years, the Taliban have been gradually eliminating women's visibility in society. It began with a ban on girls going to high school, and is regularly followed by new decrees restricting women's freedoms. At the end of 2024, a decree signed by the Taliban leader obliged owners of houses to reduce the size of windows in rooms where women might be present. 'To protect neighbors from temptation,' according to the text, but also to make women even less visible" (para 5-6).
Feb. 7, 2025, 2:58 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: AFE-LAW-1
"For a little more than three years, the Taliban have been gradually eliminating women's visibility in society. It began with a ban on girls going to high school" (para 5).
Variables: AFE-LAW-1
"For a little more than three years, the Taliban have been gradually eliminating women's visibility in society. It began with a ban on girls going to high school" (para 5).
Feb. 7, 2025, 2:58 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: ATC-DATA-7
"The Afghan regime is also breaking out of its initial isolation by forging ties with China and the Gulf states: Those countries are doing so for geopolitical or economic reasons, and have no intention of addressing the plight of women" (para 9).
Variables: ATC-DATA-7
"The Afghan regime is also breaking out of its initial isolation by forging ties with China and the Gulf states: Those countries are doing so for geopolitical or economic reasons, and have no intention of addressing the plight of women" (para 9).