Latest items for IIP-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: IIP-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). "Returning to Afghanistan without a male guardian puts women in direct conflict with Taliban law, which prohibits women from travelling alone. Many of those returned from Iran find themselves stranded at the border, unable to continue their journey" (para 7). "...Under Taliban policy, most single women are barred...more
Variables: IIP-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). "Returning to Afghanistan without a male guardian puts women in direct conflict with Taliban law, which prohibits women from travelling alone. Many of those returned from Iran find themselves stranded at the border, unable to continue their journey" (para 7). "...Under Taliban policy, most single women are barred...more
Nov. 4, 2025, 3:11 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: IIP-LAW-1
"The Taliban are restricting Afghan women’s access to work, travel and health care if they are unmarried or don’t have a male guardian, according to a U.N report published Monday" (para1). "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). "In its latest quarterly report, covering October to December last year, the U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan said the Taliban are cracking down on Afghan women who are single or don’t have a male guardian, or mahram,...more
Variables: IIP-LAW-1
"The Taliban are restricting Afghan women’s access to work, travel and health care if they are unmarried or don’t have a male guardian, according to a U.N report published Monday" (para1). "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). "In its latest quarterly report, covering October to December last year, the U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan said the Taliban are cracking down on Afghan women who are single or don’t have a male guardian, or mahram,...more
Oct. 30, 2025, 8:43 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: IIP-LAW-1
"The extremist government also said women could no longer teach, visit mosques, attend seminaries, funfairs, parks and gyms in a crackdown on women's rights" (para 31). "Most recently, women have been banned from speaking loudly in their own homes, and are not allowed to be heard outside, in the Taliban's latest bid to control and subjugate an entire gender" (para 36). "Women are also ordered to cover their faces 'to avoid temptation and tempting others', and are banned from speaking if unfamiliar men who aren't husbands or close relatives, are present" (para 38).
Variables: IIP-LAW-1
"The extremist government also said women could no longer teach, visit mosques, attend seminaries, funfairs, parks and gyms in a crackdown on women's rights" (para 31). "Most recently, women have been banned from speaking loudly in their own homes, and are not allowed to be heard outside, in the Taliban's latest bid to control and subjugate an entire gender" (para 36). "Women are also ordered to cover their faces 'to avoid temptation and tempting others', and are banned from speaking if unfamiliar men who aren't husbands or close relatives, are present" (para 38).
Oct. 30, 2025, 8:38 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: IIP-LAW-1
"The changes are not limited to clothing, according to these Iranian women. Although prohibited, mixed singing and dance classes are becoming increasingly common. 'More and more women are riding motorcycles,' Sepideh notes admiringly. Iranian women are allowed to drive cars and ride motorcycles, but only as passengers. They have been denied motorcycle licenses since the advent of the Islamist regime in 1979" (para 25). This information is not entirely true. Iranian women are legally allowed to obtain their driver's license and drive publically. They are, however, not allowed to obtain their license to ride a motorcycle (MR- CODER COMMENT).
Variables: IIP-LAW-1
"The changes are not limited to clothing, according to these Iranian women. Although prohibited, mixed singing and dance classes are becoming increasingly common. 'More and more women are riding motorcycles,' Sepideh notes admiringly. Iranian women are allowed to drive cars and ride motorcycles, but only as passengers. They have been denied motorcycle licenses since the advent of the Islamist regime in 1979" (para 25). This information is not entirely true. Iranian women are legally allowed to obtain their driver's license and drive publically. They are, however, not allowed to obtain their license to ride a motorcycle (MR- CODER COMMENT).
Oct. 30, 2025, 8:27 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: IIP-LAW-1
"Among those who were whipped are women accused of 'moral crimes', which include leaving home without a close male relative to act as a mahram (guardian), or being seen speaking to unrelated men" (para 4). "In the past two years, she [Deeba] has been arrested twice by the Taliban’s 'morality police'. The first time was when she was renting a sewing machine from a man she was not related to. She says she was beaten, called a 'prostitute' and spent four nights in jail" (para 7). "Deeba was brought before a Taliban court. No lawyer represented her. The judge convicted her of appearing without a male guardian and insulting religious...more
Variables: IIP-LAW-1
"Among those who were whipped are women accused of 'moral crimes', which include leaving home without a close male relative to act as a mahram (guardian), or being seen speaking to unrelated men" (para 4). "In the past two years, she [Deeba] has been arrested twice by the Taliban’s 'morality police'. The first time was when she was renting a sewing machine from a man she was not related to. She says she was beaten, called a 'prostitute' and spent four nights in jail" (para 7). "Deeba was brought before a Taliban court. No lawyer represented her. The judge convicted her of appearing without a male guardian and insulting religious...more
Oct. 30, 2025, 8:24 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1, IIP-LAW-1, SRACE-LAW-1
"As well as shutting beauty salons, gyms and other communal spaces, women are also prevented from walking in public parks, travelling without a male chaperone, must cover themselves completely when leaving the house and are not allowed to be heard speaking in public" (para 10).
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1, IIP-LAW-1, SRACE-LAW-1
"As well as shutting beauty salons, gyms and other communal spaces, women are also prevented from walking in public parks, travelling without a male chaperone, must cover themselves completely when leaving the house and are not allowed to be heard speaking in public" (para 10).
Oct. 25, 2025, 6:21 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: IIP-LAW-1
"The next morning, Hira [a 23-year-old embroiderer]... was arrested and taken to a jail. There, she was... directly accused of being a woman in public without a mahram, of interacting with a man and having an affair with him. She remained in jail for a week, before being brought before a Taliban court without any legal representation. Her denials of an improper relationship with the shopkeeper persuaded the judge not to impose a death sentence by stoning, which is among the Taliban’s penalties for adultery. However, Hira was convicted of appearing in the market without a male guardian and of interacting with a stranger. She was sentenced to 39 lashes"...more
Variables: IIP-LAW-1
"The next morning, Hira [a 23-year-old embroiderer]... was arrested and taken to a jail. There, she was... directly accused of being a woman in public without a mahram, of interacting with a man and having an affair with him. She remained in jail for a week, before being brought before a Taliban court without any legal representation. Her denials of an improper relationship with the shopkeeper persuaded the judge not to impose a death sentence by stoning, which is among the Taliban’s penalties for adultery. However, Hira was convicted of appearing in the market without a male guardian and of interacting with a stranger. She was sentenced to 39 lashes"...more
Oct. 24, 2025, 11:46 p.m.
Countries: Saudi Arabia
Variables: IIP-LAW-1
"Saudi Arabia is banning large numbers of its own citizens from leaving the country in a “cruel” attempt to silence criticism, say human rights activists. High-profile women’s rights campaigners, including Loujain al-Hathloul, who pushed for the right for women to drive in Saudi Arabia, and Maryam al-Otaibi, one of three sisters targeted by the authorities for their activism, appear to have been given long travel bans. These restrictions frequently extend to family members" (para. 1-2). The imposition of travel bans on prominent Saudi women's rights activists constitutes a legal restriction barring these women from moving around freely in society (NAC - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: IIP-LAW-1
"Saudi Arabia is banning large numbers of its own citizens from leaving the country in a “cruel” attempt to silence criticism, say human rights activists. High-profile women’s rights campaigners, including Loujain al-Hathloul, who pushed for the right for women to drive in Saudi Arabia, and Maryam al-Otaibi, one of three sisters targeted by the authorities for their activism, appear to have been given long travel bans. These restrictions frequently extend to family members" (para. 1-2). The imposition of travel bans on prominent Saudi women's rights activists constitutes a legal restriction barring these women from moving around freely in society (NAC - CODER COMMENT).
Oct. 24, 2025, 11:21 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: IIP-LAW-1
"Afghan women were left to die in the wake of the country’s 6.6 magnitude earthquake because of Taliban rules forbidding unrelated men from having contact with them, The Telegraph has been told" (para. 1). "It took rescuers 20 hours to reach Devagarh village on Monday in one of the worst-hit areas. When they did arrive, the women hid behind the broken walls of their houses after seeing the all-male rescue team, one rescuer told The Telegraph.“We can’t speak with the women or try to contact them because it’s prohibited. Touching even a dead woman will have consequences,” he said, seeking anonymity" (para. 4-5). As the rules/norms enforced by the Taliban...more
Variables: IIP-LAW-1
"Afghan women were left to die in the wake of the country’s 6.6 magnitude earthquake because of Taliban rules forbidding unrelated men from having contact with them, The Telegraph has been told" (para. 1). "It took rescuers 20 hours to reach Devagarh village on Monday in one of the worst-hit areas. When they did arrive, the women hid behind the broken walls of their houses after seeing the all-male rescue team, one rescuer told The Telegraph.“We can’t speak with the women or try to contact them because it’s prohibited. Touching even a dead woman will have consequences,” he said, seeking anonymity" (para. 4-5). As the rules/norms enforced by the Taliban...more
Sept. 19, 2025, 5:43 p.m.
Countries: Qatar
Variables: IIP-LAW-1
"Qatar’s Scholarships Law requires students to have their guardian or sponsor act as a guarantor to obtain a government scholarship to study abroad or in Qatar.This impacts children under 18 and women, as in practice guardianship does not end for them at 18... Under the Scholarships Law, government employees who are married women also cannot obtain a government post-graduate scholarship to study abroad unless their husbands are also required to be to 'be abroad on study leave, a training course, an official mission, a secondment or a job,' and that the duration of the husband’s mission must be not less than three years. Such a requirement is not imposed on...more
Variables: IIP-LAW-1
"Qatar’s Scholarships Law requires students to have their guardian or sponsor act as a guarantor to obtain a government scholarship to study abroad or in Qatar.This impacts children under 18 and women, as in practice guardianship does not end for them at 18... Under the Scholarships Law, government employees who are married women also cannot obtain a government post-graduate scholarship to study abroad unless their husbands are also required to be to 'be abroad on study leave, a training course, an official mission, a secondment or a job,' and that the duration of the husband’s mission must be not less than three years. Such a requirement is not imposed on...more
May 3, 2025, 2:54 p.m.
Countries: Saudi Arabia
Variables: IIP-LAW-1
"The government did announce a 'public decency' law in 2019, but it has not been strictly enforced, according to the newspaper. . .But others are comparing the unit to the country's religious police force that until Prince Mohammed stripped much of its power in 2016 had enforced some of the strictest moral codes and gender segregation policies in the world" (par. 7, 9). "Khalid al-Sulaiman, a columnist for the semi-official Okaz Daily, suggests the unit was created in direct response to public displays of morality and online advertisements for illicit services" (par. 16).
Variables: IIP-LAW-1
"The government did announce a 'public decency' law in 2019, but it has not been strictly enforced, according to the newspaper. . .But others are comparing the unit to the country's religious police force that until Prince Mohammed stripped much of its power in 2016 had enforced some of the strictest moral codes and gender segregation policies in the world" (par. 7, 9). "Khalid al-Sulaiman, a columnist for the semi-official Okaz Daily, suggests the unit was created in direct response to public displays of morality and online advertisements for illicit services" (par. 16).
May 1, 2025, 3:01 p.m.
Countries: Saudi Arabia
Variables: IIP-LAW-1
"Additionally, noteworthy reforms such as the ending of the female driving ban and the revision of male guardianship laws have undeniably captured global admiration. Saudi women have fought since the 1990s to get the driving ban lifted. In 2017, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman presented the lifting of the ban as an effort to improve and diversify the economy. Then, the driving ban was finally lifted on June 24, 2018, granting licenses to as many as 40,000 women in the first seven months" (par. 8). "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...more
Variables: IIP-LAW-1
"Additionally, noteworthy reforms such as the ending of the female driving ban and the revision of male guardianship laws have undeniably captured global admiration. Saudi women have fought since the 1990s to get the driving ban lifted. In 2017, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman presented the lifting of the ban as an effort to improve and diversify the economy. Then, the driving ban was finally lifted on June 24, 2018, granting licenses to as many as 40,000 women in the first seven months" (par. 8). "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...more
April 17, 2025, 6:10 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1, IIP-LAW-1
"Almost one-fifth of girls and women also said they hadn’t met another woman outside their immediate family in the three preceding months" (para 17). "Barr says the Taliban have taken away 'girl’s social networks, their friends, the outside world'. 'They can’t go to school, or to national parks, or beauty salons or the gym or, increasingly, outside the house at all without fear of intimidation. They’re taking away everything that makes them human,' she says" (para 20).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1, IIP-LAW-1
"Almost one-fifth of girls and women also said they hadn’t met another woman outside their immediate family in the three preceding months" (para 17). "Barr says the Taliban have taken away 'girl’s social networks, their friends, the outside world'. 'They can’t go to school, or to national parks, or beauty salons or the gym or, increasingly, outside the house at all without fear of intimidation. They’re taking away everything that makes them human,' she says" (para 20).
April 11, 2025, 3:49 p.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: IIP-LAW-1, DSFMF-PRACTICE-2
"Despite the pandemic, Qanun Jinayat (Islamic Criminal Bylaw) in Aceh which was endorsed by the provincial legislative council in 2014 were implemented several times by caning women and girls. Anybody can be reporting if a woman/girl were seen together in an enclosed area with a man outside the bonds of marriage" (29).
Variables: IIP-LAW-1, DSFMF-PRACTICE-2
"Despite the pandemic, Qanun Jinayat (Islamic Criminal Bylaw) in Aceh which was endorsed by the provincial legislative council in 2014 were implemented several times by caning women and girls. Anybody can be reporting if a woman/girl were seen together in an enclosed area with a man outside the bonds of marriage" (29).
April 4, 2025, 9:39 a.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: IIP-LAW-1
"They have prevented girls from going to secondary school, barred women from nearly all forms of paid employment, from accessing the justice system or walking in public parks. They have stipulated that women must be completely covered at all times outside the house and that their voices must not be heard in public" (para 5-6).
Variables: IIP-LAW-1
"They have prevented girls from going to secondary school, barred women from nearly all forms of paid employment, from accessing the justice system or walking in public parks. They have stipulated that women must be completely covered at all times outside the house and that their voices must not be heard in public" (para 5-6).
March 28, 2025, 2:33 p.m.
Countries: Saudi Arabia
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1, IIP-LAW-1
"Saudi Arabia lifted its longstanding driving ban on women in 2019, which should increase their mobility and potentially their job prospects too" (para 15).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1, IIP-LAW-1
"Saudi Arabia lifted its longstanding driving ban on women in 2019, which should increase their mobility and potentially their job prospects too" (para 15).
March 27, 2025, 7:22 p.m.
Countries: Cambodia
Variables: IIP-LAW-1
"NGO-CEDAW has seen drafts of the NAPVAW3 which include a comprehensive review of the Law on the Prevention of Domestic Violence and Protection of Victims (DV Law), and a plan to define sexual harassment in the laws and regulations" (3).
Variables: IIP-LAW-1
"NGO-CEDAW has seen drafts of the NAPVAW3 which include a comprehensive review of the Law on the Prevention of Domestic Violence and Protection of Victims (DV Law), and a plan to define sexual harassment in the laws and regulations" (3).
March 21, 2025, 10:13 a.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1, IIP-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. Women have even been banned from raising their voices in public and speaking loudly inside their homes" (para 8-9).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1, IIP-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. Women have even been banned from raising their voices in public and speaking loudly inside their homes" (para 8-9).
March 13, 2025, 3:54 p.m.
Countries: Bahrain
Variables: IIP-LAW-1, ATDW-LAW-1, ADCM-LAW-1, ATFPA-PRACTICE-2
"With respect to the designation of specific locations as - as described in paragraph 1999 of the state party’s report - appropriate judicial environment for Bahraini families, SALAM DHR [Salam for Democracy and Human Rights] amd RRC [Rights Realization Centre] are concerned about the concept of women's dependency and obedience to men by imposing a 'house of obedience' (Beit Al-Ta’a) on women who refrain from staying in their husband's chosen home or leaving to work if the husband does not agree to their work. The authors are concerned that if the wife refrains from 'obeying' and recognizing the marital residence without legal justification, the husband may ask the judiciary to...more
Variables: IIP-LAW-1, ATDW-LAW-1, ADCM-LAW-1, ATFPA-PRACTICE-2
"With respect to the designation of specific locations as - as described in paragraph 1999 of the state party’s report - appropriate judicial environment for Bahraini families, SALAM DHR [Salam for Democracy and Human Rights] amd RRC [Rights Realization Centre] are concerned about the concept of women's dependency and obedience to men by imposing a 'house of obedience' (Beit Al-Ta’a) on women who refrain from staying in their husband's chosen home or leaving to work if the husband does not agree to their work. The authors are concerned that if the wife refrains from 'obeying' and recognizing the marital residence without legal justification, the husband may ask the judiciary to...more
Feb. 26, 2025, 8:40 p.m.
Countries: North Korea
Variables: IIP-LAW-1
"North Korea’s vague laws and the possibility of technical illegality in nearly all market business activity created opportunities for guards or officers to harass or detain women in the markets, including by extracting bribes in the form of sexual demands." (par. 11).
Variables: IIP-LAW-1
"North Korea’s vague laws and the possibility of technical illegality in nearly all market business activity created opportunities for guards or officers to harass or detain women in the markets, including by extracting bribes in the form of sexual demands." (par. 11).
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. 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. 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. 3, 2025, 5:50 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: IIP-LAW-1
"It (Restricting women from intermingling in public) applied only to restaurants with green areas, such as a park, where men and women could meet, he (Baz Mohammad Nazir, a deputy official from the Ministry of Vice and Virtue's directorate in Herat) said. 'After repeated complaints from scholars and ordinary people, we set limits and closed these restaurants" (Para 11).
Variables: IIP-LAW-1
"It (Restricting women from intermingling in public) applied only to restaurants with green areas, such as a park, where men and women could meet, he (Baz Mohammad Nazir, a deputy official from the Ministry of Vice and Virtue's directorate in Herat) said. 'After repeated complaints from scholars and ordinary people, we set limits and closed these restaurants" (Para 11).
Feb. 3, 2025, 1:01 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: IIP-LAW-1
"The law imposes even stricter regulations on women, declaring that the voices and faces of women are “forbidden” to men outside their immediate family. Women are required to cover their faces entirely to avoid what the law describes as “temptation" (Para 4,5). "It also mandates that women refrain from wearing “thin or short” clothing and that they conceal themselves from men who are not their relatives. Additionally, the law prohibits Muslim women from interacting with non-Muslim women. The legislation explicitly states that it is forbidden for men to look at unrelated women, and vice versa, further entrenching the Taliban’s extreme measures to segregate the sexes" (Para 6, 7).more
Variables: IIP-LAW-1
"The law imposes even stricter regulations on women, declaring that the voices and faces of women are “forbidden” to men outside their immediate family. Women are required to cover their faces entirely to avoid what the law describes as “temptation" (Para 4,5). "It also mandates that women refrain from wearing “thin or short” clothing and that they conceal themselves from men who are not their relatives. Additionally, the law prohibits Muslim women from interacting with non-Muslim women. The legislation explicitly states that it is forbidden for men to look at unrelated women, and vice versa, further entrenching the Taliban’s extreme measures to segregate the sexes" (Para 6, 7).more
Jan. 25, 2025, 1:41 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1, IIP-LAW-1
"The Taliban published a host of new 'vice and virtue' laws last week, approved by their supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada, which state that women must completely veil their bodies – including their faces – in thick clothing at all times in public to avoid leading men into temptation and vice.Women’s voices are also deemed to be potential instruments of vice and so will not be allowed to be heard in public under the new restrictions. Women must also not be heard singing or reading aloud, even from inside their houses" (para 2-3). "From now on, Afghan women are also not allowed to look directly at men they are not related...more
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1, IIP-LAW-1
"The Taliban published a host of new 'vice and virtue' laws last week, approved by their supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada, which state that women must completely veil their bodies – including their faces – in thick clothing at all times in public to avoid leading men into temptation and vice.Women’s voices are also deemed to be potential instruments of vice and so will not be allowed to be heard in public under the new restrictions. Women must also not be heard singing or reading aloud, even from inside their houses" (para 2-3). "From now on, Afghan women are also not allowed to look directly at men they are not related...more
Jan. 18, 2025, 3:13 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1, IIP-LAW-1
"The Taliban have banned the construction of windows that allow women to be seen in the kitchen or courtyard of neighboring houses. This further restricts women’s freedom. Yet, the world and United Nations remains silent about Afghan women" (1).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1, IIP-LAW-1
"The Taliban have banned the construction of windows that allow women to be seen in the kitchen or courtyard of neighboring houses. This further restricts women’s freedom. Yet, the world and United Nations remains silent about Afghan women" (1).
Jan. 18, 2025, 12:52 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: IIP-LAW-1, RISW-PRACTICE-2
"In just over three years, Afghan women have been banned from nearly every aspect of public life: schools, universities, most workplaces – even parks and bathhouses. From Kandahar, the birthplace and political headquarters of the Taliban, the group’s leaders have dictated that women must cover their faces in public, always be accompanied by a man and never let their voices be heard in public" (para 3).
Variables: IIP-LAW-1, RISW-PRACTICE-2
"In just over three years, Afghan women have been banned from nearly every aspect of public life: schools, universities, most workplaces – even parks and bathhouses. From Kandahar, the birthplace and political headquarters of the Taliban, the group’s leaders have dictated that women must cover their faces in public, always be accompanied by a man and never let their voices be heard in public" (para 3).
Jan. 10, 2025, 12:09 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1, IIP-LAW-1
"It is the latest attack on women’s rights by the Taliban who, since coming to power in August 2021, have ended higher education for girls, closed universities to young women, forced women out of their jobs and restricted their ability to leave their homes" (para 7).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1, IIP-LAW-1
"It is the latest attack on women’s rights by the Taliban who, since coming to power in August 2021, have ended higher education for girls, closed universities to young women, forced women out of their jobs and restricted their ability to leave their homes" (para 7).