Afghanistan’s Reckoning Moment in the Fight for Women’s Rights
Academy award-winning actress and activist Meryl Streep spoke passionately on the sidelines to support the rights of Afghan women: “A cat may feel the sun on her face. She may chase a squirrel into the park… A bird may sing in Kabul, but a girl may not, and a woman may not in public. This is extraordinary. This is a suppression of natural law.”
Afghanistan to be taken to International Court of Justice over approach to women’s rights
The Taliban regime in Afghanistan is to be taken to the UN’s top court by an alliance of four countries – the Netherlands, Germany, Australia and Canada – in a direct legal challenge to its oppressive policy on the rights of women and girls.
Australia, Canada, Germany and the Netherlands are set to start legal proceedings against the Taliban for violating a U.N.
A threat to girls' rights in Afghanistan is a threat to girls everywhere, said Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai ...
Germany, Australia, Canada and the Netherlands said they will take the Taliban to the U.N.’s highest court because of its ...
Today's ruling by the EU Court of Justice that the two elements are sufficient for countries to grant refugee status to ...
You are not allowed to go to high school. You are not allowed to do sports. You are not allowed to travel. You are not allowed to work. To take the bus. To speak to a man or boy. To see a ...
Recent headlines brought a glimmer of hope to the women and girls whose lives under the Taliban have essentially been reduced to prison terms: Canada, Australia, Germany, and the Netherlands ...
As the Taliban regime cracked down on women's rights in Afghanistan, women who had served in parliament faced an extraordinary threat from within their own country. A small group of Canadian ...
In the busy political climate that Americans find themselves in today, many pressing news stories are overlooked by pressures ...
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