We are making progress on codification of Gender Apartheid in international law with women and girls in Afghanistan at the center of this work! It was an honor to host talented colleagues for the last 2 days Stanford University University's Program in Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality

Honored to participate w/ USF School of Law Int'l #HumanRights Clinic student Sam Gearing, to assist with capturing the deep insight and thinking shared with notes, and to connect with incredible activists like Yalda Royan, Metra Mehran, Nazila Jamshidi, and more. #EndGenderApartheid

Millions of Afghan refugees in Iran and Pakistan are facing deportation to Afghanistan—where they at the risk of persecution, human rights violations, poverty, and other serious challenges. I haven’t seen specific actions yet, but I hope Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency are actively

ادعای همسر زلمی خلیلزاد؛ وضعیت زنان افغان بهتر از زنان هند است همسر زلمی خلیلزاد که یک ماه قبل به افغانستان سفر کرده، گزارش‌ها از وضعیت افغانستان را نادرست خوانده‌است. نازیلا جمشیدی فعال حقوق زن می‌گوید همسر خلیلزاد دچار توهم است و از واقعیت‌های افغانستان خبر ندارد.

اوج فاجعه را ببین! در کشوری که تا چهار سال پیش رعایت اصول و موازین حقوق بشر در تمام سیاست‌ها و مقررات الزامی بود، حداقل روی کاغذ، امروز حقوق بشر مفهومی‌ است فقط برای “کفار”. بیش از بیست سال بر حقوق بشر سرمایه‌گذاری و کار شد، اما حالا پرسش بزرگ این است: در کجای مسیر اشتباه

Last week in #Afghanistan de facto authorities publicly flogged at least 63 males & 4 females. These gross punishments that violate int'l law have increased massively in 2025 & must stop. A stark reminder that Taliban must not be normalized and no Afghans abroad forcibly returned

The Shahmama delegation of 8 courageous and dedicated Afghan women human rights defenders delivered powerful, uncompromising speeches at our International Conference on June 19th at the UN in Geneva. Their voices shook the walls of silence. We deeply appreciate their strength and

A heartfelt appreciation to the well-known Hasht e Subh Daily for covering our June 19th conference at the UN. Your commitment to truth and to amplifying critical voices is deeply appreciated.

"Religion, Ethnicity, and Gender: The Taliban’s Intersectional Attack on Hazara Women" In Volume 8 of DROPS' Women and Public Policy Journal, Yalda Royan illuminates how Hazara women are repeatedly being marginalized under the Taliban regime, by contextualizing how

No doubt that many #Democrats, including Hunter Biden, LOVE immigrants, both legal & undocumented, so long as they’re cleaning their f* rooms, serving their f* meals, washing their f* dishes, and mowing their f* lawns. But the moment those same immigrants, who’ve worked

Subjugating women is “the canary in the coal mine.” The Taliban are assembling an army against Western civilization… and the U.S. is funding it —must-read from Nazila Jamshidi Annie Pforzheimer Diplomat Magazine (International)

در افغانستان، ماموران حکومت طالبان به خانه‌‌های مردم در بخش‌هایی از کابل یورش برده‌اند تا آرایشگاه‌های خانگی زنان را تعطیل کنند. شهروندان می‌گویند که گشت امر به معروف طالبان بعضی وسایلشان را هم تخریب کرده. گفتگو با نازیلا جمشیدی، فعال حقوق زنان:

In our latest piece, Annie Pforzheimer and I argue how the Taliban isn’t just repressing women. It’s building an army through that repression. By banning girls from school and investing in madrassas, they’re shaping the next generation of fighters. thediplomat.com/2025/08/how-th…

Photography on the streets of #Texas, under the setting sun. #ACCobra #Summer2025

Day 12 | #30Days30Profiles "Afghan women are not voiceless, they are silenced but still resisting from underground schools to social media and refugee communities." - Nazila Jamshidi 🎥 Watch 📢 Share ✊🏽 Stand with Afghan women #RiseBeyondFear #HumanRights #Afghanistan #AfBridge

مقاله من و انی فورزایمر با عنوان «چگونه طالبان اردوی آینده خود را می‌سازند» که توسط رسانه ۸ صبح به زبان فارسی منتشر شده است. ⁦Hasht e Subh Daily⁩ طالبان چگونه ارتش آینده‌شان را می‌سازند؟ | روزنامه ۸صبح 8am.media/fa/how-are-the…

Op-Ed: Jason Criss Howk: We ignore the failures of Afghanistan at our own peril washingtonreporter.news/p/op-ed-jason-…

Review of #Kandahar film A tragic reminder of how Afghanistan was abandoned to become a battlefield for ISIS, Pakistan’s ISI, and Iran’s Sepah to operate in destructive ways. The film also highlights the erosion of women’s rights, rights the world had promised to protect, but

At our Intl. Conference at the UN in Geneva this June, Nazila Jamshidi Nazila Jamshidi, with years of experience in social justice and as a member of Shahmama’s delegation—highlighted that true justice begins with a survivor-centric approach. She called for Afghan women’s voices

How do history, scholarship, and art bring people together? The upcoming “Jews and the Persianate World: Politics, Culture, and Historical Ties” conference in Washington, D.C., seeks to answer this question. Through lectures, panels, and cultural programs, it connects diverse