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What future for Afghan girls and women? | Afghanistan women | SBS World News

Women's rights activists and government leaders from Afghanistan say Afghan women and girls are becoming increasingly concerned about their safety and rights.

Shariah Law: Women Continue to be Jailed for 'Moral Crimes' in Afghanistan - IBTimes UK

An Afghan inmate watches from behind a barred window during a media event at a women's prison in Kabul March 30, 2010. Image Credit: REUTERS/ Omar So

How A Female Photographer Sees Her Afghanistan : The Picture Show : NPR

At age 13, Farzana Wahidy was beaten in the street for not wearing a burqa. To have carried a camera then would have been unthinkable. But she went on to become a pioneering photographer and, after working and studying abroad, returned to...

UNITED NATIONS: Violence linked to culture was the main reason for a 20 per cent rise in deaths and injuries of females in Afghanistan last year, UN special envoy to Afghanistan Jan Kubis said on Monday.

Kerry catches earful of Afghan women's hopes and fears - CBS News

Secretary of State leaves Kabul after meeting Afghan women who worry withdrawal of foreign troops may bring back the bad old days

Afghan women imprisoned for 'moral' crimes - PhotoBlog

Lost and alone in a strange city Mariam called the only person she knew, her husband's cousin. She had left her home in Afghanistan's northern Kunduz province, fleeing her husband's relentless and increasingly vicious beatings. The man promised...

Shannon Galpin Has a Mission, Putting Afghans on Bikes - NYTimes.com

Shannon Galpin, the founder of a nonprofit organization that aids women in conflict zones, noticed she was the only woman cycling in Afghanistan. She has set out to change that.

Most women at Kabul prison accused of moral crimes - Yahoo! News

From Yahoo! News: KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The 21-year-old Afghan woman said she fled her abusive husband only to be raped at gunpoint by a stranger who was supposed to help her.

Afghan women bike racers train in secret - Video on NBCNews.com

Video on NBCNews.com: Sidestepping threats and jeers, the Afghan women on the country’s national cycling team are risking their lives to compete and doing their part to help women’s rights race forward in the war-torn nation. NBC’s Mike Taibbi...

U.N.'s Ban disturbed by Afghan impunity on violence against women| Reuters

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday that there was a deeply disturbing pervasive climate of impunity in Afghanistan for the abusers of women and girls and he called

Situation of Afghan Women Improving, Official Says - Salem-News.Com

Although the situation of women in the post-Taliban Afghanistan has been improving, it still has a long way to go in gender equality and empowering women in society, according to Public Health Minister Suraya Dalil. "The Afghan women situation is...

End violence against women in Afghanistan - 1

From domestic abuse to public attacks, an overwhelming majority of Afghan women continue to face brutal physical abuse. The UK Government must address the issue before the troops leave.

Empowering Afghan Women through their Rights and Education

March Eighth is equal to International Women's Day, which is usually celebrated with conferences and different programs all around the world with the presence of thousands of women. After the fall of the Taliban government this day is being...

Afghanistan celebrates International Women’s Day with first women's film festival

As the country faces the challenges of troop withdrawal and a legacy of decades of war, the Afghan cinema is coming back to life.

Ascent of Women: A look at how women's conditions have improved globally - The Globe and Mail

After decades of on-the-ground reporting from all corners of the globe, Sally Armstrong has concluded that women’s conditions are improving. The force of her convictions might just make the reader believe it too

In Afghanistan women fleeing violence face jail terms

Even though the Taliban government in Afghanistan fell more than ten years ago, the justice system is still discriminatory in its treatment of women as is the legal system.

The Afghan Battle Over A Law To Protect Women : NPR

For nearly three years, the Afghan parliament has tried to pass a law banning violence against women. Supporters say they've made concessions to address conservatives' concerns. But critics say the proposal still violates Islamic law.

International Women's Day to be marked by film festival in Afghanistan - News - Stripes

International Women’s Day in Afghanistan is being celebrated this year with what organizers are billing as the first women’s film festival in the country’s history.

Teen activist shot by Taliban speaks out for women's rights | Fox News

The 15-year-old Pakistani girl became known for calling on girls to attend school in Taliban controlled areas. For her young activism, she was targeted by Taliban gunmen in Pakistan, who picked her out by name and then gunned her down at point blank...

Afghan Women Face the Future | The Nation

As the US withdrawal looms, women’s rights advocates plan to carry on their fierce, lonely fight.

Afghan Women Face the Future | The Nation

As the US withdrawal looms, women’s rights advocates plan to carry on their fierce, lonely fight.

End violence against women in Afghanistan - 1

From domestic abuse to public attacks, an overwhelming majority of Afghan women continue to face brutal physical abuse. The UK Government must address the issue before the troops leave.

Kabul Rally for Women’s Rights | Empowerment Health

Home » Afghanistan» Kabul Rally for Women’s Rights "Eradicate atrocities against women." Image borrowed from BBC.   This week we’re celebratin

Neil Durkin: Why Alan Duncan Makes More Sense Than Captain Raveman on Women's Rights in Afghanistan

I still find myself largely in sympathy with Alan Duncan on aid and in particular on women's rights in Afghanistan. You don't have to be a cheerleader for military intervention in Afghanistan (I certainly wasn't) to take this view.

UK to remain a champion for Afghan women's rights: envoy | Pajhwok Afghan News

KABUL (PAN): Acting British Ambassador Nic Hailey has said that improving the lives of women and girls remained central to the UK’s work in Afghanistan. 

Sara Basharmal: Even After Ten Years, Afghan Women Still Do Not Have Basic Human Rights

There are many non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Afghanistan that are trying their level best to help the women gain back their rights, however, the level of achievement that is being made is slow.

Granville's Najeeba Wazefadost to speak at an Amnesty International Afghan women's rights discussion |thetelegraph.com.au

FOR Granville's Najeeba Wazefadost, the impending withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan is filled with uncertainty - especially for women.

Female Afghan MP Fawzia Koofi to run in presidential elections | Metro

There are two Afghanistans, old and new. The old Afghanistan was the front line of the war on terror, manned by thousands of western soldiers fighting to prop up the government in Kabul and bankrolled by billions of dollars in aid money.

Will this woman be Afghanistan's next president?

Fawzia Koofi talks to GlobalPost about her fight to end violence against women in her conservative, patriarchal homeland.

Fawzia Koofi - The Daily Show with Jon Stewart - 02/13/13 - Video Clip | Comedy Central

"The Favored Daughter" author Fawzia Koofi braves assassination threats to help Afghanistan. Airdate - 02/13/13

Afghan MPs lobby for women's rights through country's transition | Connect Asia | ABC Radio Australia

There are fears in Afghanistan that gains made towards women's rights could be lost once international troops complete their withdrawal in 2014.

Exiting U.S. general says Afghan women's rights are key| Reuters

KABUL (Reuters) - Advancing women's rights in Afghanistan is key to preventing the Taliban from reimposing a radical form of Islam once most foreign troops leave by the end of 2014, the commander of U.S.

Why I’m breaking the cycle of violence in Afghanistan | Women Under Siege Project

Why I’m breaking the cycle of violence in Afghanistan By Salim Hussaini/Guest Blogger — January 28, 2013 I never realized how devastating our cult

Afghanistan human rights conditions likely to worsen: HRW « RAWA News

Reuters: Afghanistan’s human rights situation remains poor and will likely deteriorate even further with the departure of Nato-led forces from the country next year, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in its annual global report on Thursday. Increasing...

Rights in Afghanistan at risk as NATO troops leave: report - Yahoo! News

From Yahoo! News: KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's human rights situation remains poor and will likely deteriorate even further with the departure of NATO-led forces from the country next year, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in its annual global...

We don't want our burqas back: women in Afghanistan on the Taliban's return | World news | The Observer

When the troops withdraw from Afghanistan next year, many fear a terrible backlash. Tracy McVeigh meets seven women who rebuilt their lives after Taliban oppression – and finds them at risk once more

Hamid Karzai backs clerics' move to limit Afghan women's rights | World news | The Guardian

New Islamic code would allow husbands to beat wives and encourage segregation of the sexes

The Long Fight and Solitude of an Afghan Woman

Batool’s ex-husband is a writer and a high official.. He had declared that one of Batool’s children did not belong to him. In Afghanistan this is a very serious accusation with deep legal and social consequence — harassment, threats,...

Afghanistan's first female rapper tells the stories that might otherwise be lost | Torie Rose DeGhett | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

Torie Rose DeGhett: Soosan Firooz isn't just a rebel with western appeal – her highly personal narrative also shines a light on the nation's suffering

Afghan Woman Allegedly Killed by Husband | Amnesty International USA

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Afghan schools and clinics built by British military forced to close | World news | The Guardian

Exclusive: UK spent millions on health and education centres that Karzai government can't afford to keep open