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July 29, 2021
For Radio Azadi Reporter, Covering Afghan Women's Rights Is Worth The Risks

As Afghanistan faces a resurgence of the Taliban, the hard-won rights of Afghan women hang in the balance. One young female reporter for RFE/RL's Radio Azadi says it's her mission to tell women's stories as they fight to defend their rights.

July 28, 2021
Afghan Women Journalists Give Up Work For Survival Amid Taliban Advances

Taliban advances across Afghanistan are forcing women journalists to give up their jobs, go underground, or even flee their country. Press freedom and journalist security are in a free fall after the Taliban overran large swathes of Afghanistan this year.
July 22, 2021
In An Embattled Afghan City, A Woman-Led Library Is A Refuge Of Learning

Homaira Nawrozi, 23, is a teacher in Lashkar Gah, the capital of Afghanistan's embattled Helmand Province. She wanted to give other Afghans a chance to learn outside of the classroom, so she opened her own small library where anyone can visit, read, and learn.
July 16, 2021
Kabul's Young Professionals, Students Watch Nervously As The Taliban Makes Gains

Many young people in the Afghan capital, Kabul, say they’re not ready to give up their freedoms or sacrifice their “modern” lifestyles should the hard-line Taliban come to power.
July 14, 2021
Return To The 'Dark Days': Taliban Reimposes Repressive Laws On Women In Newly Captured Areas In Afghanistan

Residents of northern Afghanistan, the focus of the Taliban’s blistering offensive, say the militant group has reimposed many of the repressive laws and retrograde policies that defined its 1996-2001 rule.
June 30, 2021
Why Are Pakistani Women Setting Themselves On Fire?

Domestic violence is driving married, illiterate women in Pakistan to self-immolate. The grossly underreported phenomenon includes homicides that abusive in-laws portray as suicides.
June 21, 2021
From Displaced To Self-Employed: New Skills Mean Fresh Start For Afghan Women

Just 22 percent of Afghan women are in the labor force -- but job training programs across the country could help change that. One center in Kandahar offers courses in sewing, knitting, and other skills that give trainees the means to support themselves and their families.
June 02, 2021
Childbearing In Afghanistan Is Risky. Doctors Say Family Planning Can Help

Pregnant women in Afghanistan face high risks of complications or death in childbirth, and there are dangers to their infants resulting from poverty and limited access to care. Some health experts are encouraging mothers to take more time between pregnancies to reduce some of the risks.
June 02, 2021
Sexual Harassment Verdict Pits Students Against Teachers At A Pakistani University

Students at one Pakistani university are facing a strong pushback from their teachers after a provincial ombudsperson ruled that a professor accused of sexually harassment should be fired immediately.
May 24, 2021
Amnesty International Warns Against Unraveling Of Afghan Women’s Rights

Amnesty International has warned that 20 years of “hard-won” progress by Afghanistan’s women and girls are under threat as intra-Afghan peace talks are at an impasse and international troops prepare to withdraw from the war-torn country later this year.
May 18, 2021
For One Afghan Woman, Men's Clothing Opens The Door To Greater Freedoms

In parts of Afghanistan, a custom known as "bacha posh" allows parents to dress their daughters as boys to give them temporary access to education or work. Hukmina decided to keep wearing men's clothing throughout her life, and this has afforded her freedoms that few other women enjoy.
April 20, 2021
Inside Pakistan's 'Conversion Factory' For Hindu Brides

In Pakistan’s Sindh Province, influential cleric Mian Mitha operates what his opponents describe as a “conversion factory” in which young Hindu women are allegedly converted to Islam by force and married off to Muslim men. Few Hindu families feel empowered to challenge him.

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Tuesday 3 August 2021

For Radio Azadi Reporter, Covering Afghan Women's Rights Is Worth The Risks

Afghan Women Journalists Give Up Work For Survival Amid Taliban Advances

In An Embattled Afghan City, A Woman-Led Library Is A Refuge Of Learning

Kabul's Young Professionals, Students Watch Nervously As The Taliban Makes Gains

Return To The 'Dark Days': Taliban Reimposes Repressive Laws On Women In Newly Captured Areas In Afghanistan

Why Are Pakistani Women Setting Themselves On Fire?

From Displaced To Self-Employed: New Skills Mean Fresh Start For Afghan Women

Childbearing In Afghanistan Is Risky. Doctors Say Family Planning Can Help

Sexual Harassment Verdict Pits Students Against Teachers At A Pakistani University

Amnesty International Warns Against Unraveling Of Afghan Women’s Rights

For One Afghan Woman, Men's Clothing Opens The Door To Greater Freedoms

Inside Pakistan's 'Conversion Factory' For Hindu Brides

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