"It’s not a dystopian novel - It’s #Afghanistan today," write Human Rights Watch colleagues Sahar Fetrat & Heather Barr, appealing for *meaningful action*-not mere words-to support Afghan women’s rights defenders, who are risking everything to fight for their rights. zantimes.com/2024/08/26/its…

It's not a dystopian novel--it's Afghanistan today. Afghan women's rights defenders are risking everything to fight for their rights, while the Taliban crackdown deepens every day. Time for the world to do much more to stand with them. zantimes.com/2024/08/26/its…… 📷

Ce n'est pas un roman dystopique, c'est l'Afghanistan aujourd'hui. "Les talibans continuent de démanteler tous les droits des femmes et des filles, créant un système de persécution, de ségrégation et de claustration presque totale à leur égard" zantimes.com/2024/08/26/its…

Les défenseuses afghanes des droits des femmes risquent tout pour leurs droits, alors que la répression des talibans s'intensifie chaque jour. Il est temps que le monde, y compris #France, fassent bcp plus pour les soutenir Heather Barr Sahar Fetrat zantimes.com/2024/08/26/its…

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“Imagine a country where everything — everything — about how your life unfolds depends on your gender.” reliefweb.int/report/afghani…

This isn’t a dystopian novel. This isn’t a story from history, either. It’s Afghanistan right now, and the Taliban’s crackdown on women and girls is steadily deepening.  zantimes.com/2024/08/26/its…

“We can’t bring our textbooks and notebooks with us on the way to school,” explains Arzu*, a grade 9 student in Farahnaz’s underground school. “The Taliban members have searched our classmates’ bags several times on the pretext of finding school books.” Read more about our

#Afghanistan is a dire reality where women & girls face systematic oppression under Taliban rule. Sahar Fetrat & Heather Barr's article on Zan Times reveals the harsh bans on education, work, & public life, highlighting a global crisis in #WomensRights 👉zantimes.com/2024/08/26/its…

The Taliban do not believe in law in the modern sense and declare that their law is sharia. In the Taliban emirate, sharia is the decrees of Mullah Hibatullah, which are issued without investigation, consultation, or a needs assessment, and everyone is obligated to obey them

"As expected, women have a negative place in Taliban law, and they are referred to as weak... as sources of corruption. In one decree, Mullah Hibatullah advises Taliban fighters not to grow their hair so long [because] “this resembles women and is considered cursed.”

A new Taliban law prohibits women from speaking or showing their faces outside their homes. If you're looking to do something about this horrible development, follow Zan Times A women-led newsroom reporting on human rights, women, and the LGBTQ community in Afghanistan.

Congratulations and thank you, Zakia Khudadadi, for making history and bringing us joy in our moment of desperation and sadness. You proved what the women of Afghanistan are capable of if only given the rights and opportunities.

Mick and Hannah are talking about the dystopian horrors happening to women in Afghanistan in this week's Bush Telegraph. This interview Mickey Noonan did previously with Zan Times's Zahra Nader is well worth your time. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sim…

It is certain that the Taliban have not changed. They have spent the last three years fighting against the changes that had occurred in the 20 years of non-Taliban rule. The question is how long the people will tolerate this regression, and how far we are from the day when

It's three years since the #Talibanregained control of #Afghanistan & thus erasing women from all forms of public life. Annette Young talks to Afghan-Canadian journalist Zahra Nader from Zan Times. More here: f24.my/AZ4K 🇦🇫👩🏻🧕🏽

The lack of higher female education and neglect of female healthcare by the Taliban regime are showing up in Afghanistan’s high maternal mortality rate. In the four provinces of Samangan, Badakhshan, Herat, and Parwan, Zan Times spoke with 10 girls who were forced to choose

In April 2024, Sara went to a Taliban police station in Khost district to file a complaint against her husband and request a divorce. They ignored her case. “A Taliban member told me that if I were a good woman, I wouldn’t seek a divorce,” she explains. “A man has the right to

Afghanistan. Même en cas de violences domestiques, les talibans refusent les demandes de divorce des femmes maltraitées limportant.fr/infos-monde/3/… Zan Times

The Taliban have introduced a new law that tightens the noose of oppression on the people of Afghanistan, especially women. It gives the Taliban morality police enormous power to invade and scrutinize citizens’ lives. The new law aims at further “Islamizing” both state and