World Organisation Against Torture

Afghanistan: People’s Tribunal for Women in Afghanistan issues historic judgement.

On the 11th of December 2025, the People’s Tribunal for Women in Afghanistan issued an historic judgement on the gender ...
LGBTQ Nation

Taliban arrests & beats two queer women in Afghanistan. They might get death by stoning.

“They are expected to be tortured to reveal the names of other LGBTs," the CEO of Afghan LGBT+ network Roshaniya said. LGBTQ+ activists Maeve Alcina Pieescu and Maryam Ravish were arrested by the ...
Forbes

People’s Tribunal To Consider Dire Situation Of Women In Afghanistan

On July 31, 2025, a coalition of civil society organizations announced the launch of the People’s Tribunal for Women of Afghanistan, an initiative to address the impunity for the dire situation of ...
Forbes

Amid Gender Apartheid In Afghanistan - Afghan Women Face Deportations

Recent months have seen several reports of funding cuts and visa withdrawals leaving Afghan women at risk of deportation to Afghanistan - a country where women and girls are subjected to what only can ...
Yahoo

Afghanistan shows what investing in women’s education – or divesting – can do to an economy

When the Taliban fell from power in Afghanistan in 2001, women were once again allowed to go to school after being banned since 1996. I, along with World Bank education expert Raja Bentaouet Kattan ...