Afghan women

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20 July 2023
Afghan women protest against beauty parlour ban
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03 May 2023
UN chief denounces 'unprecedented attacks...
"We will never be silent in the face of unprecedented, systemic attacks on women and...
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14 March 2023
Afghanistan: women-only shopping centres open but...
Two shopping centres filled exclusively with women-owned stores have recently opened in...
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08 March 2023
Afghan women protest at home ahead of...
"If staying at home will take us to heaven, then I don’t want to go to heaven," says...
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20 January 2023
Afghans receive aid packages in Kabul
Following a recent Taliban government order banning Afghan women from aid work, some NGOs...
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07 January 2023
Obey or leave: NGOs torn over Taliban ban on...
Aid groups say they have been "pushed against a wall" by the Taliban prohibiting Afghan...
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres holds a joint press conference with Sweden's Prime Minister Andersson in Stockholm, Sweden, 01 June 2022. Photo: EPA
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16 June 2022
UN Chief says women are ‘essential’ to peace...
Men must stop excluding women from peace talks around the world, UN chief Antonio...