Women & Human Rights
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$1.5 Million Donation from Malala Foundation for Girls’ Education in Afghanistan
Bayan News – The Malala Yousafzai Foundation, an education activist and Nobel laureate, has donated $1.5 million to support girls…
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Rina Amiri: The Taliban have destroyed the future of Afghanistan’s girls
Bayan News – Rina Amiri, the U.S. special representative for Afghan women and human rights, says the Taliban’s ban on…
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UNICEF: Afghanistan’s Humanitarian Crisis Exacerbated by Ban on Girls’ Education
Bayan News – Catherine Russell, Executive Director of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), says that the continued ban on…
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The Taliban carried out public punishment of 15 accused individuals in the provinces of Kandahar, Sarpol, and Paktia
Bayan News – The Taliban’s Supreme Court announced that two people in Sarpol province and one person in Paktia were…
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One Thousand Days Have Passed Since the Ban on Girls’ Education in Afghanistan
Bayan News – A number of human rights organizations say that despite the passage of one thousand days since the…
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Ban on Girls’ Education in Afghanistan; Over One Million Girls Deprived of the Right to Education
Bayan News – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has announced that with the return of the Taliban in Afghanistan,…
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Here is the English translation: Rights Watch Sees Doha Meeting as an Important Opportunity for Afghan Women
Bayan News – Coinciding with the upcoming third Doha meeting, Human Rights Watch sees this meeting as an important opportunity…
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Report: Only one percent of women feel they have a role in society
Bayan News – A recent report from the UN Women’s section shows that only one percent of women in Afghanistan…
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The United Nations: Corporal punishment is a blatant violation of international human rights law
Bayan News: Jeremy Laurence, a spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office, says that corporal punishment of individuals by the…
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Bennett: Publicly Torturing Individuals by the Taliban Must Stop
Bayan News – Richard Bennett, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Afghanistan, condemned the flogging of individuals accused…
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