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Women Protest For Freedom - Kabul

World Dec 20

Women banned from universities in Afghanistan, Taliban says

By Associated Press

World Aug 15

Women Protest For Freedom - Kabul
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Women, girls struggle for basic rights in Afghanistan one year after the Taliban takeover

It was a year ago on Monday that the Taliban completed its conquest of Afghanistan, capturing Kabul and sending the nation into yet another spiral of turmoil after the chaotic withdrawal of the U.S. and NATO allies. Now, one year…

By Jane Ferguson, Zeba Warsi

Nation Mar 08

Turkey Women's Day
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On International Women’s Day, UN report details the gender discrimination women still face

On International Women’s Day, we take a closer look at the state of women and girls worldwide. Michelle Milford Morse, the United Nations Foundation’s vice president for girls and women strategy, joins NewsHour's Nicole Ellis to discuss the agency’s new…

By Nicole Ellis, Courtney Norris

World Feb 03

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Despite brutal repression, Afghan women demand the right to go to school and work

Afghanistan's women saw two decades of progress vanish when U.S. forces withdrew in August as the Taliban took back control of the country. The group's arch-conservative interpretation of Islam pushed women out of the workplace, and cast most young women…

By Jane Ferguson

World Jan 25

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Many Afghan women forced to quit careers, country in hopes of better life for their kids

Since the Taliban took over control of Afghanistan last year, the future of the country's women has been in peril. Many girls are barred from receiving an education, and women are prevented from holding many jobs. Back in 2019, special…

By Jane Ferguson

Oct 13

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How U.S. can help crumbling Afghan economy and support international aid efforts

By Nick Schifrin

It's been two months since the Taliban took control of Kabul and solidified their grip on Afghanistan. The country's banking system and economy is all but collapsing. Afghanistan needs urgent help, according to the head of one of the largest…

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Sep 18

Taliban replace ministry for women with ‘virtue’ authorities

By Kathy Gannon, Associated Press

It was the latest troubling sign that the Taliban are restricting women's rights as they settle into government, just a month since they overran the capital of Kabul. During their previous rule of Afghanistan in the 1990s, the Taliban had…

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Aug 18

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A century after 19th Amendment, Gloria Steinem on what challenges remain

Tuesday marks a full century since the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which says that the right to vote “should not be denied or abridged” on the basis of sex. We look back to the path to that milestone, and…

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Jul 10

Sudan ratifies law criminalizing female genital mutilation

By Associated Press

Sudan's justice ministry says the country's ruling body has ratified a law banning the widespread practice of female genital mutilation, handing the movement for women's rights in the African country a long-sought victory.

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