UN Women will continue delivering for Afghan women and girls despite sweeping restrictions and ongoing instability, a senior ...

In Afghanistan, the Taliban regime has deprived women of the opportunity to live a dignified life and stripped them of their basic rights under the oppressive policies.

The plight of women in Afghanistan and the movement to recognize gender apartheid is a crucial step in protecting democracy, security and prosperity for our world.

"These women are a direct threat to the regime’s extremist ambitions and widespread use of corruption and control." ...

The Home Office has blocked new study visas for applicants from Afghanistan, Sudan, Myanmar and Cameroon. It means many women will miss out on life-changing opportunities – as five female academics ex ...

Every story that was shared at a recent online gathering offered a window into the reality of life for women in Afghanistan ...

Afghanistan’s Taliban government said that authorities have released American academic Dennis Coyle, held in Afghanistan ...

The agency UN Women vowed on Tuesday to continue its provision of aid for women and girls in Afghanistan despite stringent restrictions and the ongoing conflict in the region. UN Women Afghanistan ...

Afghanistan is often described online in extremes, either as an untouchable danger zone or as a place that is made to look deceptively safe through carefully edited travel videos. Well, we came across ...

When the Taliban were in power in Afghanistan, they shuttered girls’ schools, segregated many aspects of public life, including the workplace, and prevented women from leaving their homes unless ...

Sana Atef is an Afghanistan-based journalist who, in spite of the tremendous risk her reporting brings to her life, works under a pseudonym for the Zan Times to cover the lives of women under ...