Online abuse targeting politically active women in Afghanistan has significantly increased since the Taliban took over the country in August 2021. According to a report by the Afghan Witness on Monday (Nov 20), amid the increasing restrictions on women under the Taliban rule, social media platforms such as X emerged increasing vital spaces for women to express their views, establish communities, and campaign for their rights.

Online abuse targeting Afghan women increased since Taliban takeover, says report

The Afghanistan women are protesting against the Taliban for banning women’s beauty salons in Afghanistan as the regime continues to snatch away basic rights of Afghan women. Watch to know more.

Afghanistan women protest beauty parlour ban

The security officials in Afghanistan on Wednesday shot in the air and used firehoses to disperse dozens of women who were demonstrating in Kabul against an order by Taliban authorities to shut down beauty parlours.

Afghanistan women stage demonstrations against ban on beauty parlours

The United Nations on Wednesday said that some "time critical" programmes in Afghanistan will have to be temporarily stopped due to the Taliban's ban on women working in NGOs. The global agency warned that many other activities are also likely to be impacted due to the ban.

UN suspends some Afghanistan programs after ban on female aid workers

In Afghanistan patriarchal traditions, poverty and, lack of education have stifled women's rights for decades. Here's a heart-wrenching ordeal of a 22-year-old woman married off as a mere child. She is now living in one of the few shelters for battered women that still exists in Afghanistan under the Taliban's rule. This is her story of abuse, torture, and sorrow.

Poverty, lack of education hampers women's rights in Afghanistan

With the US and western nations pushing the Taliban to honour women's rights, the official Twitter account of Afghanistan's government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid has now shared a decree on women's rights.

Women are 'noble and free human beings': Taliban issues decree on women rights

In an alarming incident, a video doing rounds on social media shows a woman who says that she was brutally whipped by a senior Taliban commander allegedly for refusing his advances.

Afghanistan: Woman claims Taliban commander beat her

The Taliban has now promised to honour the rights of its people especially women, and it is being said that they would enjoy the same rights that they did before the Taliban stormed to power.

Afghanistan: Afghan girls urge Taliban to not snatch their education

The United Nations Children’s Agency (UNICEF) is aiming to set up a system to directly fund teachers in Afghanistan without letting that money reach Taliban. UNICEF told news agency Reuters that the organisation is about to commence registering all public school teachers in Afghanistan, and make sure that the money they donate reaches teachers and young girls.

UNICEF aiming to fund Afghan school teachers without giving money to Taliban: Report

As the G20 summit comes to a conclusion, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has pledged to give £50 million to help the women and girls stuck in the Taliban-ruled Afghanistan.

'We have a responsibility': UK PM pledges to give £50 million to help the Afghan women

In pics | Beauty salon—a safe haven for women in Taliban's Kabul

Amir Khan Muttaqi, acting foreign minister for the Taliban, announced that after meeting with the United States, the group will now meet representatives of the European Union in Doha on Tuesday.

As Taliban prepares to meet EU representatives, UN chief slams Taliban over 'broken promises'

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said girls in Afghanistan will return to school "as soon as possible", however, he added that "a safe learning environment" needed to be created.

Girls in Afghanistan to return to school 'as soon as possible', say Taliban

A recent announcement from Taliban has banned girls from getting secondary education in Afghanistan. The announcement has come in direct contrast with Taliban’s model of ’new and improved’ regime.

No education for girls? Taliban order secondary schools to reopen but only for boys

The coronavirus upended the lives of millions of college students. The Wall Street Journal reported this week that men have been hit particularly hard — accounting for roughly three-fourths of pandemic-driven dropouts — and depicted an accelerating crisis in male enrollment.

Men fall behind in college enrollment. Women still play catch-up at work.

The Taliban has shot dead a 6 months pregnant Afghan policewoman in front of her kids and husband in Ghor province. However, the Taliban has denied their involvement in the killing of the woman police officer.

Afghanistan: Pregnant police officer shot dead by Taliban in front of kids and husband

An ongoing protest led by a group of women activists against the Taliban demanding political and working rights turned violent on Saturday after the militia group reportedly lobbed tear gas on them when they were on their way to the Presidential Palace in Kabul.

Kabul women's protest demanding equal rights turn violent, Taliban resort to tear gas

In a rare show of defiance, around 60 Afghan women took to the streets demanding the right to work from the new rulers of Afghanistan.

Afghan women protests against Taliban over right to work

A nightmare has begun for the women in Afghanistan who are now struggling to find their voice in the new Taliban-ruled country. While the terrorist group claims they are going to give more freedom to women this time, the women tell a different story.

Taliban takeover: Afghan anchor reveals she was sent back from office because of 'regime change'

It has been three days since the Taliban controlled Kabul and seized control over the dreams of millions of Afghans, the women in Afghanistan fear the worst at this point. WION tells you what does future holds for Afghan women?

As the Taliban return to Kabul, what does future holds for Afghan women?

Girls wearing white hijabs and black tunics crammed into classrooms in the western Afghan city of Herat just days after the Taliban's takeover. As the school opened its doors, the students scurried down corridors and chatted in courtyards, seemingly oblivious to the turmoil that has engulfed the country in the past two weeks.

Afghan girls return to school in Herat after Taliban takeover

'Times have changed': Pictures of Afghan women before Taliban rule go viral

Zarifa Ghafari, one of Afghanistan's first female mayors, has expressed shock at the decision by the country's education ministry to ban girls aged 12 and above from singing the national anthem or other songs, equating the move with opening gates for the Taliban.

Afghanistan opened gates for Taliban: Mayor hits out at ban on girls' public singing

The last thing 33-year-old Khatera saw were the three men on a motorcycle who attacked her just after she left her job at a police station in Afghanistan's central Ghazni province, shooting at her and stabbing her with a knife in the eyes.

Afghanistan: Police woman shot and blinded for getting a job

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