Latest items for Afghanistan
April 14, 2026, 2:38 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: RCDW-LAW-2
"I [Afghan woman] was accompanied by my brother – my ‘mahram’, or guardian – for single women like me are unable even to shop for groceries without a male chaperone. As Taliban rules also demand, I was covered from head to toe in my burka despite the stifling 30c heat" (para 3). "As the new law tells us [Afghan women]: ‘Whenever an adult woman leaves her home out of necessity, she is obliged to conceal her voice, face and body'" (para 10).
Variables: RCDW-LAW-2
"I [Afghan woman] was accompanied by my brother – my ‘mahram’, or guardian – for single women like me are unable even to shop for groceries without a male chaperone. As Taliban rules also demand, I was covered from head to toe in my burka despite the stifling 30c heat" (para 3). "As the new law tells us [Afghan women]: ‘Whenever an adult woman leaves her home out of necessity, she is obliged to conceal her voice, face and body'" (para 10).
April 14, 2026, 2:38 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"I [Afghan woman] was accompanied by my brother – my ‘mahram’, or guardian – for single women like me are unable even to shop for groceries without a male chaperone. As Taliban rules also demand, I was covered from head to toe in my burka despite the stifling 30c heat" (para 3). "As the new law tells us [Afghan women]: ‘Whenever an adult woman leaves her home out of necessity, she is obliged to conceal her voice, face and body'" (para 10).
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"I [Afghan woman] was accompanied by my brother – my ‘mahram’, or guardian – for single women like me are unable even to shop for groceries without a male chaperone. As Taliban rules also demand, I was covered from head to toe in my burka despite the stifling 30c heat" (para 3). "As the new law tells us [Afghan women]: ‘Whenever an adult woman leaves her home out of necessity, she is obliged to conceal her voice, face and body'" (para 10).
April 14, 2026, 2:38 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"I [Afghan woman] was accompanied by my brother – my ‘mahram’, or guardian – for single women like me are unable even to shop for groceries without a male chaperone. As Taliban rules also demand, I was covered from head to toe in my burka despite the stifling 30c heat" (para 3). "Even buying medicine for your sick child is no armour against their ¬cruelty. Desperate for medicine for her sick son, a widowed friend was ‘caught’ at the bazaar alone. She was given a draconian fine, and told that next time she would be physically punished" (para 6). This information indicates women in Afghanistan are not free to move...more
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"I [Afghan woman] was accompanied by my brother – my ‘mahram’, or guardian – for single women like me are unable even to shop for groceries without a male chaperone. As Taliban rules also demand, I was covered from head to toe in my burka despite the stifling 30c heat" (para 3). "Even buying medicine for your sick child is no armour against their ¬cruelty. Desperate for medicine for her sick son, a widowed friend was ‘caught’ at the bazaar alone. She was given a draconian fine, and told that next time she would be physically punished" (para 6). This information indicates women in Afghanistan are not free to move...more
April 14, 2026, 2:38 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: IIP-LAW-1, RISW-PRACTICE-2
"Nonetheless, I [Afghan woman] still nudged my brother and gestured with a nod to him that we should quickly return home – the only way I could communicate with him as a new law introduced last month has banned women from speaking in public" (para 4).
Variables: IIP-LAW-1, RISW-PRACTICE-2
"Nonetheless, I [Afghan woman] still nudged my brother and gestured with a nod to him that we should quickly return home – the only way I could communicate with him as a new law introduced last month has banned women from speaking in public" (para 4).
April 14, 2026, 2:38 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"A friend who once worked for a European NGO was told by a ¬Taliban fighter that her disloyalty could only be compensated for by ¬marrying him. When she refused, her brother was brutally beaten at a Taliban checkpoint, and she was run over by a car in the street leaving her hospitalized for a month. Terrified, she went into hiding until some contacts in the UK helped her and her family to escape" (para 33-34).
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"A friend who once worked for a European NGO was told by a ¬Taliban fighter that her disloyalty could only be compensated for by ¬marrying him. When she refused, her brother was brutally beaten at a Taliban checkpoint, and she was run over by a car in the street leaving her hospitalized for a month. Terrified, she went into hiding until some contacts in the UK helped her and her family to escape" (para 33-34).
April 14, 2026, 2:38 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Since the Taliban returned to power, they have issued nearly a hundred mandates restricting our freedoms, banishing us from the workplace and education. Last year, they ordered the ¬closure of all beauty salons, one of the only remaining ways for women to earn an income. I know of a widow in another city who has no choice but to work surreptitiously in ¬neighbour’s houses, leaving her home under cover of darkness" (para 20-21). "Another friend who was at ¬university and who dreamed of opening her own business has retrained as a midwife, the only ‘job’ left to women in Afghanistan, although it pays very little. She has no interest in...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Since the Taliban returned to power, they have issued nearly a hundred mandates restricting our freedoms, banishing us from the workplace and education. Last year, they ordered the ¬closure of all beauty salons, one of the only remaining ways for women to earn an income. I know of a widow in another city who has no choice but to work surreptitiously in ¬neighbour’s houses, leaving her home under cover of darkness" (para 20-21). "Another friend who was at ¬university and who dreamed of opening her own business has retrained as a midwife, the only ‘job’ left to women in Afghanistan, although it pays very little. She has no interest in...more
April 14, 2026, 2:38 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: DTCP-LAW-1
"As the new law tells us: ‘Whenever an adult woman leaves her home out of necessity, she is obliged to conceal her voice, face and body.’ Those who do disobey risk being fined if they are ‘lucky’ – and flogged or jailed if they aren’t. It is why the internet is the only way left for us to communicate, the -predominant emotion among Afghan women young and old is fear and despair" (para 10-11). "Earlier this year, the Taliban also announced the reintroduction of the public flogging and stoning of women for adultery, and they are only too aware that as a man’s word is prized over that of any...more
Variables: DTCP-LAW-1
"As the new law tells us: ‘Whenever an adult woman leaves her home out of necessity, she is obliged to conceal her voice, face and body.’ Those who do disobey risk being fined if they are ‘lucky’ – and flogged or jailed if they aren’t. It is why the internet is the only way left for us to communicate, the -predominant emotion among Afghan women young and old is fear and despair" (para 10-11). "Earlier this year, the Taliban also announced the reintroduction of the public flogging and stoning of women for adultery, and they are only too aware that as a man’s word is prized over that of any...more
April 14, 2026, 2:38 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-1, AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Escape is not possible for most people though. Fathers must stand by as their daughters – some barely teenagers, are sold into marriage to older men who repulse them. In the past few months I [the anonymous Afghan woman/narrator] have seen it happen to two family friends, young girls both married to men they had never even set eyes on before they exchanged vows. On her wedding night, one of them was beaten by her new ¬husband because she had cried" (para 35-36).
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-1, AOM-PRACTICE-1
"Escape is not possible for most people though. Fathers must stand by as their daughters – some barely teenagers, are sold into marriage to older men who repulse them. In the past few months I [the anonymous Afghan woman/narrator] have seen it happen to two family friends, young girls both married to men they had never even set eyes on before they exchanged vows. On her wedding night, one of them was beaten by her new ¬husband because she had cried" (para 35-36).
April 14, 2026, 2:38 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: RCDW-PRACTICE-1, AFE-PRACTICE-1
"We [Afghan woman speaking on behalf of all women in Afghanistan] are banned from schools, offices, public baths, parks, and gyms. When we dare to step outside the confines of our homes, there must not be a single bit of our body or face visible apart from our eyes – through a mesh covering – and we must be accompanied by our husband or a male family member" (para 8).
Variables: RCDW-PRACTICE-1, AFE-PRACTICE-1
"We [Afghan woman speaking on behalf of all women in Afghanistan] are banned from schools, offices, public baths, parks, and gyms. When we dare to step outside the confines of our homes, there must not be a single bit of our body or face visible apart from our eyes – through a mesh covering – and we must be accompanied by our husband or a male family member" (para 8).
April 6, 2026, 4:51 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: LRW-SCALE-9
"Elaha says that Saeed Khosty, then a spokesman of the Taliban’s Ministry of Interior, met her while she was in custody. In the video, Elaha pleads for help with teary eyes and says that after insulting and humiliating her as well as spitting on her face, Khosty took her to the “Directorate 08, Department 104” of the Taliban intelligence. 'I was raped there. I didn’t know what to do, Saeed Khosty took a video of me and threatened to share the video.'Elaha says that the next day,Taliban officials forced her to record 12 confession videos in which she was told to say that 'I got married to Khosty by my...more
Variables: LRW-SCALE-9
"Elaha says that Saeed Khosty, then a spokesman of the Taliban’s Ministry of Interior, met her while she was in custody. In the video, Elaha pleads for help with teary eyes and says that after insulting and humiliating her as well as spitting on her face, Khosty took her to the “Directorate 08, Department 104” of the Taliban intelligence. 'I was raped there. I didn’t know what to do, Saeed Khosty took a video of me and threatened to share the video.'Elaha says that the next day,Taliban officials forced her to record 12 confession videos in which she was told to say that 'I got married to Khosty by my...more
April 6, 2026, 4:48 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: RCDW-PRACTICE-1
"In the rare instances when their [Amir, an Afghan man's two teenage daughters] begging and pleading to be allowed out in the world gets too much for him, he [Amir, an Afghan man] ensures they go accompanied by a male member of the family and are fully covered.'I insist that they wear the hijab and I tell them they are not allowed to laugh outside the house or at the market,' he says. 'The ‘morality police’ are very strict, and if they don’t comply, they might get detained'" (para 3-4). "Parwiz, a young man from a province in the north-east of Afghanistan says when his sister was detained by the...more
Variables: RCDW-PRACTICE-1
"In the rare instances when their [Amir, an Afghan man's two teenage daughters] begging and pleading to be allowed out in the world gets too much for him, he [Amir, an Afghan man] ensures they go accompanied by a male member of the family and are fully covered.'I insist that they wear the hijab and I tell them they are not allowed to laugh outside the house or at the market,' he says. 'The ‘morality police’ are very strict, and if they don’t comply, they might get detained'" (para 3-4). "Parwiz, a young man from a province in the north-east of Afghanistan says when his sister was detained by the...more
April 6, 2026, 4:48 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: RCDW-LAW-2
"Freshta, a young woman from Badakhshan province, says she is beaten by her husband if she leaves the house, even to get food at the market. 'I went to the corner of the street to buy vegetables and I had put on a long, black hijab but no burqa. When I returned, he hit me across the face and beat me. He said: ‘Do you want us to break the rules? What if one of my work colleagues saw you?’ For months now I have barely left the house. He says if I do leave I need to wear the burqa'" (para 15-16). This information, though not explicitly, indicates the...more
Variables: RCDW-LAW-2
"Freshta, a young woman from Badakhshan province, says she is beaten by her husband if she leaves the house, even to get food at the market. 'I went to the corner of the street to buy vegetables and I had put on a long, black hijab but no burqa. When I returned, he hit me across the face and beat me. He said: ‘Do you want us to break the rules? What if one of my work colleagues saw you?’ For months now I have barely left the house. He says if I do leave I need to wear the burqa'" (para 15-16). This information, though not explicitly, indicates the...more
April 6, 2026, 4:48 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"In the rare instances when their [Amir, an Afghan man's two teenage daughters] begging and pleading to be allowed out in the world gets too much for him, he [Amir, an Afghan man] ensures they go accompanied by a male member of the family and are fully covered.'I insist that they wear the hijab and I tell them they are not allowed to laugh outside the house or at the market,' he says. 'The ‘morality police’ are very strict, and if they don’t comply, they might get detained'" (para 3-4). "Freshta, a young woman from Badakhshan province, says she is beaten by her husband if she leaves the house, even...more
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"In the rare instances when their [Amir, an Afghan man's two teenage daughters] begging and pleading to be allowed out in the world gets too much for him, he [Amir, an Afghan man] ensures they go accompanied by a male member of the family and are fully covered.'I insist that they wear the hijab and I tell them they are not allowed to laugh outside the house or at the market,' he says. 'The ‘morality police’ are very strict, and if they don’t comply, they might get detained'" (para 3-4). "Freshta, a young woman from Badakhshan province, says she is beaten by her husband if she leaves the house, even...more
April 6, 2026, 4:48 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1, IIP-LAW-1, RISW-PRACTICE-2
"Last summer, three years after they swept to power in August 2021, the scale of the Taliban’s ambition to erase women from public life was laid bare in their unveiling of an extensive set of 'vice and virtue' laws. Under the new rules, women were told to cover themselves completely when outside the house; not to allow their voices to be heard talking loudly; to only appear in public with a male escort and never to look at a man who was not their direct relation" (para 5-6).
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1, IIP-LAW-1, RISW-PRACTICE-2
"Last summer, three years after they swept to power in August 2021, the scale of the Taliban’s ambition to erase women from public life was laid bare in their unveiling of an extensive set of 'vice and virtue' laws. Under the new rules, women were told to cover themselves completely when outside the house; not to allow their voices to be heard talking loudly; to only appear in public with a male escort and never to look at a man who was not their direct relation" (para 5-6).
April 6, 2026, 4:48 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: DV-PRACTICE-1
"Freshta, a young woman from Badakhshan province, says she is beaten by her husband if she leaves the house, even to get food at the market. 'I went to the corner of the street to buy vegetables and I had put on a long, black hijab but no burqa. When I returned, he hit me across the face and beat me. He said: ‘Do you want us to break the rules? What if one of my work colleagues saw you?’ For months now I have barely left the house. He says if I do leave I need to wear the burqa'" (para 15-16) This information shows that domestic violence occurs...more
Variables: DV-PRACTICE-1
"Freshta, a young woman from Badakhshan province, says she is beaten by her husband if she leaves the house, even to get food at the market. 'I went to the corner of the street to buy vegetables and I had put on a long, black hijab but no burqa. When I returned, he hit me across the face and beat me. He said: ‘Do you want us to break the rules? What if one of my work colleagues saw you?’ For months now I have barely left the house. He says if I do leave I need to wear the burqa'" (para 15-16) This information shows that domestic violence occurs...more
April 6, 2026, 4:48 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"'I [Amir, Afghan man talking about his two teenage daughters] insist that they wear the hijab and I tell them they are not allowed to laugh outside the house or at the market,' he says. 'The ‘morality police’ are very strict, and if they don’t comply, they might get detained'" (para 4). This information shows the existance of differential in treatment towards Afghan women should they not comply by the Taliban's laws (MR-CODER COMMENT). "Parwiz, a young man from a province in the north-east of Afghanistan says when his sister was detained by the Taliban’s 'morality police' for not wearing a hijab, he was terrified for her safety and determined...more
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"'I [Amir, Afghan man talking about his two teenage daughters] insist that they wear the hijab and I tell them they are not allowed to laugh outside the house or at the market,' he says. 'The ‘morality police’ are very strict, and if they don’t comply, they might get detained'" (para 4). This information shows the existance of differential in treatment towards Afghan women should they not comply by the Taliban's laws (MR-CODER COMMENT). "Parwiz, a young man from a province in the north-east of Afghanistan says when his sister was detained by the Taliban’s 'morality police' for not wearing a hijab, he was terrified for her safety and determined...more
April 6, 2026, 3:24 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: WAM-DATA-1
"...The impact on women media professionals has once again been much more severe. Currently, only 463 women professionals are active compared to 1300 before the Taliban took power..." (para 23).
Variables: WAM-DATA-1
"...The impact on women media professionals has once again been much more severe. Currently, only 463 women professionals are active compared to 1300 before the Taliban took power..." (para 23).
April 6, 2026, 3:24 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-2
"... Poverty is rising drastically, so is the number of child marriages agreed to by children’s parents out of desperation. Girls are no longer allowed to go to secondary school or university... Ever new draconian rules and decrees make it difficult for women to exercise their jobs in all professions; in some fields, they are even banned from going to work. A growing number of decrees clearly are aimed at making women disappear from public life and relegating them to the private sphere and to activities that are stereotypically associated with women, such as household chores. This system can and should be described as Gender Apartheid... and where girls are...more
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-2
"... Poverty is rising drastically, so is the number of child marriages agreed to by children’s parents out of desperation. Girls are no longer allowed to go to secondary school or university... Ever new draconian rules and decrees make it difficult for women to exercise their jobs in all professions; in some fields, they are even banned from going to work. A growing number of decrees clearly are aimed at making women disappear from public life and relegating them to the private sphere and to activities that are stereotypically associated with women, such as household chores. This system can and should be described as Gender Apartheid... and where girls are...more
April 6, 2026, 3:24 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: RCDW-LAW-2
"Since then [when Taliban took power], additional bans have come into force, obliging women to wear a hijab and cover their face with a face mask (even after Covid)..." (para 22).
Variables: RCDW-LAW-2
"Since then [when Taliban took power], additional bans have come into force, obliging women to wear a hijab and cover their face with a face mask (even after Covid)..." (para 22).
April 6, 2026, 3:24 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"From day one, the Taliban restricted women’s rights based on their manipulative and erroneous interpretation of Sharia law, without any constitutional framework to protect fundamental human rights or to provide a balance between religious interpretations and human rights standards... No more secondary education, no more university, no more going to parks and other public facilities, draconian rules on how to dress, prohibition to move around or to travel without being accompanied by a male guardian (mahram policy), no more working for NGOs. The Taliban clearly aim at eradicating women from all spheres of public life and at building a Gender Apartheid regime" (para 11). "Since then [when Taliban took power],...more
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1
"From day one, the Taliban restricted women’s rights based on their manipulative and erroneous interpretation of Sharia law, without any constitutional framework to protect fundamental human rights or to provide a balance between religious interpretations and human rights standards... No more secondary education, no more university, no more going to parks and other public facilities, draconian rules on how to dress, prohibition to move around or to travel without being accompanied by a male guardian (mahram policy), no more working for NGOs. The Taliban clearly aim at eradicating women from all spheres of public life and at building a Gender Apartheid regime" (para 11). "Since then [when Taliban took power],...more
April 6, 2026, 3:24 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: IIP-LAW-1
"From day one, the Taliban restricted women’s rights based on their manipulative and erroneous interpretation of Sharia law, without any constitutional framework to protect fundamental human rights or to provide a balance between religious interpretations and human rights standards... No more secondary education, no more university, no more going to parks and other public facilities, draconian rules on how to dress, prohibition to move around or to travel without being accompanied by a male guardian (mahram policy), no more working for NGOs. The Taliban clearly aim at eradicating women from all spheres of public life and at building a Gender Apartheid regime" (para 11). "Since then [when Taliban took power],...more
Variables: IIP-LAW-1
"From day one, the Taliban restricted women’s rights based on their manipulative and erroneous interpretation of Sharia law, without any constitutional framework to protect fundamental human rights or to provide a balance between religious interpretations and human rights standards... No more secondary education, no more university, no more going to parks and other public facilities, draconian rules on how to dress, prohibition to move around or to travel without being accompanied by a male guardian (mahram policy), no more working for NGOs. The Taliban clearly aim at eradicating women from all spheres of public life and at building a Gender Apartheid regime" (para 11). "Since then [when Taliban took power],...more
April 6, 2026, 3:24 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"Many women who had worked in ministries or local NGOs opened their own business after the Taliban took power, given that women’s participation in economic life has not yet been banned by any Taliban decrees. This is one of the few ways in which women continue to make a living despite all the new restrictions and the collapsing economy. According to the latest information provided by a representative of the Afghanistan’s Women’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry (AWCCI), during our meeting, the number of business licenses for women has increased from 2.600 before the withdrawal to 8.000 today. Additionally, there are an estimated 110.000 unregistered businesses, including very small businesses...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"Many women who had worked in ministries or local NGOs opened their own business after the Taliban took power, given that women’s participation in economic life has not yet been banned by any Taliban decrees. This is one of the few ways in which women continue to make a living despite all the new restrictions and the collapsing economy. According to the latest information provided by a representative of the Afghanistan’s Women’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry (AWCCI), during our meeting, the number of business licenses for women has increased from 2.600 before the withdrawal to 8.000 today. Additionally, there are an estimated 110.000 unregistered businesses, including very small businesses...more
April 6, 2026, 3:24 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: ERBG-LAW-1
"... Women are no longer allowed to work for NGOs. And as the Taliban clarified on April 5, this decree extends to female Afghan staff of the United Nations...In a highly gender-segregated society such as Afghanistan, it is often women who need to treat women in hospitals, teach girls in schools, interview other women for humanitarian needs assessments or to hand out food baskets to women-led households..." (para 5).
Variables: ERBG-LAW-1
"... Women are no longer allowed to work for NGOs. And as the Taliban clarified on April 5, this decree extends to female Afghan staff of the United Nations...In a highly gender-segregated society such as Afghanistan, it is often women who need to treat women in hospitals, teach girls in schools, interview other women for humanitarian needs assessments or to hand out food baskets to women-led households..." (para 5).
April 6, 2026, 3:24 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1, MARR-PRACTICE-1, AOM-PRACTICE-1
"... Poverty is rising drastically, so is the number of child marriages agreed to by children’s parents out of desperation. Girls are no longer allowed to go to secondary school or university... Ever new draconian rules and decrees make it difficult for women to exercise their jobs in all professions; in some fields, they are even banned from going to work. A growing number of decrees clearly are aimed at making women disappear from public life and relegating them to the private sphere and to activities that are stereotypically associated with women, such as household chores. This system can and should be described as Gender Apartheid... and where girls are...more
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1, MARR-PRACTICE-1, AOM-PRACTICE-1
"... Poverty is rising drastically, so is the number of child marriages agreed to by children’s parents out of desperation. Girls are no longer allowed to go to secondary school or university... Ever new draconian rules and decrees make it difficult for women to exercise their jobs in all professions; in some fields, they are even banned from going to work. A growing number of decrees clearly are aimed at making women disappear from public life and relegating them to the private sphere and to activities that are stereotypically associated with women, such as household chores. This system can and should be described as Gender Apartheid... and where girls are...more
April 6, 2026, 3:24 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1, AFE-PRACTICE-1
"... Poverty is rising drastically, so is the number of child marriages agreed to by children’s parents out of desperation. Girls are no longer allowed to go to secondary school or university... Ever new draconian rules and decrees make it difficult for women to exercise their jobs in all professions; in some fields, they are even banned from going to work. A growing number of decrees clearly are aimed at making women disappear from public life and relegating them to the private sphere and to activities that are stereotypically associated with women, such as household chores. This system can and should be described as Gender Apartheid... and where girls are...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1, AFE-PRACTICE-1
"... Poverty is rising drastically, so is the number of child marriages agreed to by children’s parents out of desperation. Girls are no longer allowed to go to secondary school or university... Ever new draconian rules and decrees make it difficult for women to exercise their jobs in all professions; in some fields, they are even banned from going to work. A growing number of decrees clearly are aimed at making women disappear from public life and relegating them to the private sphere and to activities that are stereotypically associated with women, such as household chores. This system can and should be described as Gender Apartheid... and where girls are...more
April 6, 2026, 3:24 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: AFE-LAW-1
"..But the Taliban have deliberately attacked all available education opportunities – on two levels: Who has access to education and what is taught. On 16 September 2021, the Taliban issued a decree banning girls from secondary education, which led to a massive outcry in the international community, also among Islamic countries. Yet, the crackdown continued. Subsequently, women were banned from universities and despite different announcements by the Taliban, none of these decrees has been revoked. A new decree is being discussed that could see a re-opening of girls’ schools under certain conditions, however, none of this has been formally implemented so far" (para 25).
Variables: AFE-LAW-1
"..But the Taliban have deliberately attacked all available education opportunities – on two levels: Who has access to education and what is taught. On 16 September 2021, the Taliban issued a decree banning girls from secondary education, which led to a massive outcry in the international community, also among Islamic countries. Yet, the crackdown continued. Subsequently, women were banned from universities and despite different announcements by the Taliban, none of these decrees has been revoked. A new decree is being discussed that could see a re-opening of girls’ schools under certain conditions, however, none of this has been formally implemented so far" (para 25).
April 6, 2026, 3:24 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: AFE-DATA-1
"Getting an education has never been easy in Afghanistan. Even during the 20 years without Taliban rule, many girls (and children in general) in remote areas had no access to formal education. Between 2001 and 2018, the country saw a tenfold increase of enrolment at all education levels, doubling the literacy rates of women. The number of girls enrolled in primary school increased dramatically: By 2021, 4 out of 10 students in primary education were girls. Still, in the most remote corners of the country, 87% of girls remained excluded from education. The percentage of women enrolled in higher education further witnessed a positive trend with more than 100.000 women...more
Variables: AFE-DATA-1
"Getting an education has never been easy in Afghanistan. Even during the 20 years without Taliban rule, many girls (and children in general) in remote areas had no access to formal education. Between 2001 and 2018, the country saw a tenfold increase of enrolment at all education levels, doubling the literacy rates of women. The number of girls enrolled in primary school increased dramatically: By 2021, 4 out of 10 students in primary education were girls. Still, in the most remote corners of the country, 87% of girls remained excluded from education. The percentage of women enrolled in higher education further witnessed a positive trend with more than 100.000 women...more
April 1, 2026, 10:27 a.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-3
"Elaha [Afghan woman who was raped by a Taliban member then forced into marriage with him] says that Saeed Khosty, then a spokesman of the Taliban’s Ministry of Interior, met her while she was in custody. In the video, Elaha pleads for help with teary eyes and says that after insulting and humiliating her as well as spitting on her face, Khosty took her to the “Directorate 08, Department 104” of the Taliban intelligence. 'I was raped there. I didn’t know what to do, Saeed Khosty took a video of me and threatened to share the video.'Elaha says that the next day,Taliban officials forced her to record 12 confession videos...more
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-3
"Elaha [Afghan woman who was raped by a Taliban member then forced into marriage with him] says that Saeed Khosty, then a spokesman of the Taliban’s Ministry of Interior, met her while she was in custody. In the video, Elaha pleads for help with teary eyes and says that after insulting and humiliating her as well as spitting on her face, Khosty took her to the “Directorate 08, Department 104” of the Taliban intelligence. 'I was raped there. I didn’t know what to do, Saeed Khosty took a video of me and threatened to share the video.'Elaha says that the next day,Taliban officials forced her to record 12 confession videos...more
April 1, 2026, 10:12 a.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Incest is punishable by death in Afghanistan"
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Incest is punishable by death in Afghanistan"
March 31, 2026, 6:01 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"The couple [Peter and Barbie, British couple imprisoned by the Taliban in Afghanistan], who got married in Kabul in 1970, said that many women held in the prison were detained by the Taliban for arbitrary reasons. One was jailed for daring to drive a car in the ultra-conservative country, while another said she had been imprisoned because her husband had murdered someone" (para 7).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"The couple [Peter and Barbie, British couple imprisoned by the Taliban in Afghanistan], who got married in Kabul in 1970, said that many women held in the prison were detained by the Taliban for arbitrary reasons. One was jailed for daring to drive a car in the ultra-conservative country, while another said she had been imprisoned because her husband had murdered someone" (para 7).