Since returning to power in Afghanistan, the Taliban have publicly flogged hundreds of people, including women, for alleged offences. For women subjected to the punishment, the consequences can continue long …
Over the past five years, women have been pushed out of Afghanistan’s universities in two distinct capacities: first as students, and later as professors and academic staff. The process was …
The transformation of Afghanistan’s higher education system over the past five years has gone far beyond the dismissal of professors and the ban on women’s education. The Taliban have introduced …
Five years after the Taliban returned to power, the dismissal, downsizing, reassignment and resignation of university professors have become widespread across Afghanistan’s public universities. From Kabul to Herat, Balkh, Bamyan, …
Afghan-French writer and filmmaker Atiq Rahimi will chair the jury at the third edition of the Woman, Life, Freedom International Film Festival, organizers have announced. Rahimi will lead an international …
The exclusion of women from journalism and media; weakening news diversity and removing part of society’s reality from public narratives. Restricting women’s participation in the arts; erasing part of women’s …
Years of drought, rapid urbanization and the relentless depletion of groundwater have pushed Afghanistan’s capital to the brink of a severe water crisis, leaving thousands of families struggling to secure …
Five Years Under Taliban Rule: Land Seized From Residents and Redistributed to Supporters Residents in several Afghan provinces have told R.M. Media that the Taliban are seizing privately owned land …
Higher education: Around 100,000 female students have been denied access to higher education, shrinking the pipeline of future women professionals. Secondary education: More than 2.2 million girls remain excluded from …
Ottawa, August 13, 2026: Academics, legal experts and women’s rights advocates gathered at Carleton University in Ottawa to discuss efforts to recognize gender apartheid as a crime against humanity under …
