Afghanistan's human rights panel on Thursday backed an "unconditional ban" on virginity tests, saying they violate rights, ...

Women in Afghanistan are being forced to undergo so-called virginity tests, more than two years after a law requiring consent ...

Governments moving to restore ties with the Taliban risk legitimising oppression and deepening Afghanistan’s crisis, an ...

While the world moves from one breaking news story to the next, the voices and lives of Afghan women are quietly disappearing ...

The situation facing Afghan women and girls is a test of our shared commitment to human rights, justice, and equality.

The dominant narrative on women in Afghanistan, one that appears fairly regularly in international media, is a story of restrictions, denial, and loss of rights. Under the Taliban’s Islamic Emirate, ...

High on a hill in the west of the Afghan capital, Kabul, behind a steel gate topped with barbed wire, lies a place few locals speak of, and even fewer visit. The women's wing of a mental health centre ...

Saudi Arabia's Evolving Personal Status Laws In Saudi Arabia, the landscape for women's divorce rights has been shifting ...

Afghan players fled the country in 2021 after the Taliban banned women's sports. Their return to international competition ...

Since the Taliban returned to power almost four years ago, few women have been able to keep their jobs amid an increasing array of restrictions on women’s freedoms. Ameena is one of them. Now, Ameena, ...

Their return to compete after the Taliban banned all sports for women and girls is a true victory for human rights.

August 15 holds a solemn place in the collective memory of the Afghan people as a symbol of state collapse, the onset of darkness, and the failure of the international conscience. On this day, a ...