Latest items for AFE-LAW-1
Nov. 5, 2025, 7:50 a.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: ERBG-LAW-1, IIP-LAW-1, AFE-LAW-1
"There is a saying in Pashto (language) [language of the Pashtun tribe living in southeast of Afghanistan]: A woman’s place is either inside the house or in the grave. But this is not merely a simple proverb, it is rather a law that dictates the social role of women among the Pashtun people. It means that a woman has no place outside the walls of her house. She has no right to study and no right to work. Deprived of these fundamental rights, women remain far removed from any kind of participation in society. The confines of their home become their whole world, and, in that small space, they continue...more
Variables: ERBG-LAW-1, IIP-LAW-1, AFE-LAW-1
"There is a saying in Pashto (language) [language of the Pashtun tribe living in southeast of Afghanistan]: A woman’s place is either inside the house or in the grave. But this is not merely a simple proverb, it is rather a law that dictates the social role of women among the Pashtun people. It means that a woman has no place outside the walls of her house. She has no right to study and no right to work. Deprived of these fundamental rights, women remain far removed from any kind of participation in society. The confines of their home become their whole world, and, in that small space, they continue...more
Nov. 4, 2025, 3:14 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: RCDW-LAW-2, AFE-LAW-1
"The Taliban, who returned to power in 2021, have been accused of enforcing a system of gender apartheid in Afghanistan. Women returning to the country must live with oppressive laws that ban them from showing their faces, speaking or appearing in public, as well as being excluded from most jobs and education. Anyone caught breaking these rules faces public flogging" (para 3).
Variables: RCDW-LAW-2, AFE-LAW-1
"The Taliban, who returned to power in 2021, have been accused of enforcing a system of gender apartheid in Afghanistan. Women returning to the country must live with oppressive laws that ban them from showing their faces, speaking or appearing in public, as well as being excluded from most jobs and education. Anyone caught breaking these rules faces public flogging" (para 3).
Nov. 4, 2025, 3:11 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: AFE-LAW-1
"The Taliban have barred women from most areas of public life and stopped girls from going to school beyond the sixth grade as part of harsh measures they imposed after taking power in 2021, despite initially promising more moderate rule" (para 3). "This [Islamic government in power in Afghanistan] means enforcing rules for the hijab, male guardianship and gender segregation for women in education and employment, he [The Taliban’s chief spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid] said" (para 15).
Variables: AFE-LAW-1
"The Taliban have barred women from most areas of public life and stopped girls from going to school beyond the sixth grade as part of harsh measures they imposed after taking power in 2021, despite initially promising more moderate rule" (para 3). "This [Islamic government in power in Afghanistan] means enforcing rules for the hijab, male guardianship and gender segregation for women in education and employment, he [The Taliban’s chief spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid] said" (para 15).
Nov. 2, 2025, 1:41 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: AFE-LAW-1
"HADID[NPR reporter]: She [Fatima} says health care in Afghanistan has always been tenuous, especially for women. She says it became worse after the Taliban seized power over three years ago. The group has banned women and girls from studying after the sixth grade. There's no new nurses, midwives or health care workers. So losing U.S. aid was a cruel blow" (para 7).
Variables: AFE-LAW-1
"HADID[NPR reporter]: She [Fatima} says health care in Afghanistan has always been tenuous, especially for women. She says it became worse after the Taliban seized power over three years ago. The group has banned women and girls from studying after the sixth grade. There's no new nurses, midwives or health care workers. So losing U.S. aid was a cruel blow" (para 7).
Oct. 30, 2025, 8:43 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: AFE-LAW-1
"The repeated crackdown on women's rights has snowballed in recent years, with girls banned from primary school, effectively denying all women from education across Afghanistan after it was made forbidden for them to attend secondary or higher education " (para 30).
Variables: AFE-LAW-1
"The repeated crackdown on women's rights has snowballed in recent years, with girls banned from primary school, effectively denying all women from education across Afghanistan after it was made forbidden for them to attend secondary or higher education " (para 30).
Oct. 30, 2025, 8:24 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: AFE-LAW-1
"Since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in August 2021, women have been banned from most forms of paid employment and girls prevented from attending secondary school or university" (para 8).
Variables: AFE-LAW-1
"Since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in August 2021, women have been banned from most forms of paid employment and girls prevented from attending secondary school or university" (para 8).
Oct. 25, 2025, 6:21 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1, ERBG-PRACTICE-2, ERBG-LAW-1, LBHO-LAW-1, AFE-LAW-1, ASR-LAW-1
"Despite claiming that they would respect women’s rights, [the Taliban] banned girls from secondary education and women from working as lawyers and judges, and targeted those who worked in high-profile jobs under the previous government" (para 19).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1, ERBG-PRACTICE-2, ERBG-LAW-1, LBHO-LAW-1, AFE-LAW-1, ASR-LAW-1
"Despite claiming that they would respect women’s rights, [the Taliban] banned girls from secondary education and women from working as lawyers and judges, and targeted those who worked in high-profile jobs under the previous government" (para 19).
Oct. 25, 2025, 6 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: AFE-LAW-1, SRACE-LAW-1
"The [cutting of broadband services], which coincides with the fourth anniversary of the Taliban’s ban on girls attending secondary school, is a fatal blow to the online schools that became one of the last educational lifelines for Afghan girls and young women barred from classrooms and universities" (para 6).
Variables: AFE-LAW-1, SRACE-LAW-1
"The [cutting of broadband services], which coincides with the fourth anniversary of the Taliban’s ban on girls attending secondary school, is a fatal blow to the online schools that became one of the last educational lifelines for Afghan girls and young women barred from classrooms and universities" (para 6).
Sept. 19, 2025, 5:43 p.m.
Countries: Qatar
Variables: AFE-LAW-1
"Qatar’s Family Law requires that the husband “allow his wife to complete her compulsory education and facilitate continuation of her university education within the State, provided that this shall not conflict with her family duties,” making a woman’s right to study contingent on her husband and prioritizing her domestic responsibilities" (para 21).
Variables: AFE-LAW-1
"Qatar’s Family Law requires that the husband “allow his wife to complete her compulsory education and facilitate continuation of her university education within the State, provided that this shall not conflict with her family duties,” making a woman’s right to study contingent on her husband and prioritizing her domestic responsibilities" (para 21).
June 23, 2025, 7:11 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: AFE-LAW-1
"The Taliban government effectively banned Afghan girls from receiving secondary education" (Para 1).
Variables: AFE-LAW-1
"The Taliban government effectively banned Afghan girls from receiving secondary education" (Para 1).
May 1, 2025, 3:01 p.m.
Countries: Saudi Arabia
Variables: AFE-LAW-1
"The recalibration of the guardianship laws allows women over 21 amplified autonomies in areas like education, healthcare, employment and travel. However, they do still need a male relative’s permission when it comes to significant life choices such as marriage and getting a passport to leave the country' (par. 9).
Variables: AFE-LAW-1
"The recalibration of the guardianship laws allows women over 21 amplified autonomies in areas like education, healthcare, employment and travel. However, they do still need a male relative’s permission when it comes to significant life choices such as marriage and getting a passport to leave the country' (par. 9).
April 17, 2025, 6:10 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: AFE-LAW-1, AFE-DATA-1
"It is now past 1,000 days since the Taliban declared schools only for boys, and an estimated 1.2 million teenage girls such as Asma were in effect banned from secondary schools in Afghanistan" (para 4).
Variables: AFE-LAW-1, AFE-DATA-1
"It is now past 1,000 days since the Taliban declared schools only for boys, and an estimated 1.2 million teenage girls such as Asma were in effect banned from secondary schools in Afghanistan" (para 4).
April 17, 2025, 4:55 p.m.
Countries: Bolivia
Variables: AFE-LAW-1
"The Committee welcomes... the adoption or establishment of the following… Ministerial Decision No. 2709/2017 of 17 October 2017, which approves the regulation to guarantee the right to education for pregnant students" (2-3).
Variables: AFE-LAW-1
"The Committee welcomes... the adoption or establishment of the following… Ministerial Decision No. 2709/2017 of 17 October 2017, which approves the regulation to guarantee the right to education for pregnant students" (2-3).
April 4, 2025, 9:39 a.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: AFE-LAW-1
"Since they took power in August 2021, the Taliban have issued more than 80 edicts restricting the lives of women and girls. They have prevented girls from going to secondary school" (para 5).
Variables: AFE-LAW-1
"Since they took power in August 2021, the Taliban have issued more than 80 edicts restricting the lives of women and girls. They have prevented girls from going to secondary school" (para 5).
March 28, 2025, 5:46 p.m.
Countries: North Korea
Variables: AFE-LAW-1, CONST-LAW-1
"North Korea’s constitution theoretically guarantees gender equality, and women have legal rights to education, employment, and participation in political life" (para 7).
Variables: AFE-LAW-1, CONST-LAW-1
"North Korea’s constitution theoretically guarantees gender equality, and women have legal rights to education, employment, and participation in political life" (para 7).
March 21, 2025, 10:13 a.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: ERBG-LAW-1, AFE-LAW-1, ASR-LAW-1
"A deluge of regime diktats has barred women from leaving home without a male relative, working, going to school or training as doctors and nurses" (para 8).
Variables: ERBG-LAW-1, AFE-LAW-1, ASR-LAW-1
"A deluge of regime diktats has barred women from leaving home without a male relative, working, going to school or training as doctors and nurses" (para 8).
March 19, 2025, 11:07 p.m.
Countries: Uganda
Variables: AFE-LAW-1
"Uganda has adopted several progressive polices and laws regarding the rights of girls to education" (5).
Variables: AFE-LAW-1
"Uganda has adopted several progressive polices and laws regarding the rights of girls to education" (5).
March 14, 2025, 7:59 p.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: AFE-LAW-1
"These acts are clearly discriminatory and contrary to Article (28C subart. 1), 31 of the 1945 Constitution which guarantees the right to education for every citizen" (12-13).
Variables: AFE-LAW-1
"These acts are clearly discriminatory and contrary to Article (28C subart. 1), 31 of the 1945 Constitution which guarantees the right to education for every citizen" (12-13).
March 14, 2025, 4:48 p.m.
Countries: Venezuela
Variables: AFE-LAW-1
"Education as a human right is guaranteed by the State" (17).
Variables: AFE-LAW-1
"Education as a human right is guaranteed by the State" (17).
March 3, 2025, 9:03 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: AFE-LAW-1
"The amendment to the Law on the Protection of Rights and Interests of Women, which covers women’s political rights, rights in relation...to culture and education... and also provides for remedies and corrective measures and on legal responsibility, including penal provisions, in October 2022" (Page 2).
Variables: AFE-LAW-1
"The amendment to the Law on the Protection of Rights and Interests of Women, which covers women’s political rights, rights in relation...to culture and education... and also provides for remedies and corrective measures and on legal responsibility, including penal provisions, in October 2022" (Page 2).
Feb. 28, 2025, 7:18 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: AFE-LAW-1
"Article 1010 of the Civil Code of the People’s Republic of China stipulates that employers and schools must take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment. The new law now contains specific provisions against sexual harassment that are based on the Civil Code. 1. Clarifying the Forms of Sexual Harassment: The new law specifies that sexual harassment of a woman against her will by means of spoken words, texts, images, and physical behaviors is prohibited (Art. 23.)" (para 3-4). "Schools are to conduct education on physical health, mental wellness, and self-protection, and establish rules to prevent and address sexual harassment effectively (Art. 24.)" (para 6).
Variables: AFE-LAW-1
"Article 1010 of the Civil Code of the People’s Republic of China stipulates that employers and schools must take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment. The new law now contains specific provisions against sexual harassment that are based on the Civil Code. 1. Clarifying the Forms of Sexual Harassment: The new law specifies that sexual harassment of a woman against her will by means of spoken words, texts, images, and physical behaviors is prohibited (Art. 23.)" (para 3-4). "Schools are to conduct education on physical health, mental wellness, and self-protection, and establish rules to prevent and address sexual harassment effectively (Art. 24.)" (para 6).
Feb. 28, 2025, 5:42 p.m.
Countries: Niger
Variables: AFE-LAW-1
"Measures have been taken to promote girls' education such as Decree No. 935-2017 of December 2017 on the protection, support and assistance for girls attending school, which promotes the retention of girls in school until the age of 16. However, this decree only includes commitments by the State to improve the quality of education, which has not reassured human rights organisations about the fight against early marriage of girls, nor even increased the rate of girls' education. The implementing order for the decree was only adopted in February 2019 after much advocacy from civil society organisations such as ours" (1). "To remedy this, in December 2017 the government adopted Decree...more
Variables: AFE-LAW-1
"Measures have been taken to promote girls' education such as Decree No. 935-2017 of December 2017 on the protection, support and assistance for girls attending school, which promotes the retention of girls in school until the age of 16. However, this decree only includes commitments by the State to improve the quality of education, which has not reassured human rights organisations about the fight against early marriage of girls, nor even increased the rate of girls' education. The implementing order for the decree was only adopted in February 2019 after much advocacy from civil society organisations such as ours" (1). "To remedy this, in December 2017 the government adopted Decree...more
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. 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: 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. 6, 2025, 7:05 p.m.
Countries: Morocco
Variables: AFE-LAW-1
"Education is compulsory through age 15" (22).
Variables: AFE-LAW-1
"Education is compulsory through age 15" (22).
Feb. 3, 2025, 5:50 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: ERBG-LAW-1, AFE-LAW-1
"[S]ince Taliban took over in 2021, they have shut girls out of classrooms beyond sixth grade, banned women from universities, most types of employment, including jobs at the United Nations" (Para 6).
Variables: ERBG-LAW-1, AFE-LAW-1
"[S]ince Taliban took over in 2021, they have shut girls out of classrooms beyond sixth grade, banned women from universities, most types of employment, including jobs at the United Nations" (Para 6).
Jan. 30, 2025, 4:08 p.m.
Countries: Mauritania
Variables: AFE-LAW-1
"Families told Human Rights Watch that some schools have rejected pupils who lack civil registration, even though school attendance is compulsory from ages 6 to 14" (6).
Variables: AFE-LAW-1
"Families told Human Rights Watch that some schools have rejected pupils who lack civil registration, even though school attendance is compulsory from ages 6 to 14" (6).
Jan. 28, 2025, 7:59 p.m.
Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: AFE-LAW-1
"There are 265 primary schools in the indigenous territories, where the education of women is guaranteed" (13). This implies that education is legally protected for indigenous women (ELW - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: AFE-LAW-1
"There are 265 primary schools in the indigenous territories, where the education of women is guaranteed" (13). This implies that education is legally protected for indigenous women (ELW - CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 24, 2025, 7:43 p.m.
Countries: Chile
Variables: AFE-LAW-1
"Deaf children are entitled to special schools for primary education (primary and middle school)" (5).
Variables: AFE-LAW-1
"Deaf children are entitled to special schools for primary education (primary and middle school)" (5).