Human Rights Day 2024

JOINT STATEMENT ON THE ROLLBACK OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS IN AFGHANISTAN UNDER TALIBAN RULE
 

We stand in solidarity with the women and girls of Afghanistan, who have faced a devastating and systematic rollback of their fundamental rights since the Taliban’s return to power in August 2021. As feminist organizations committed to gender equality and women’s rights in Muslim contexts, we are deeply disturbed by the rapid erosion of women’s and girls’ rights, which threatens their safety, dignity, and future.
The Taliban has reintroduced a series of oppressive policies that exclude Afghan women from public life. Bans on education, employment, and even access to public spaces are part of a broader strategy to erase women from Afghan society. Afghan women, in all their diversity, are now at the mercy of a regime that seeks to control every aspect of their lives, denying them basic rights, agency, and autonomy.

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