UN Women will continue delivering for Afghan women and girls despite sweeping restrictions and ongoing instability, a senior ...

An interview with Sana Atef, a reporter with the Zan Times who covers the lives and work of women in Afghanistan.

For many Afghan women, especially those in conservative rural areas of the country, little has changed since the Taliban seized power in the country. For others, life under hard-line Islamist rule ...

The documentary from Shakiba Adil and Elina Hirvonen, premiering at CPH:DOX in Copenhagen, features clandestinely shot mobile phone footage and shows "the power of art to keep hope and humanism ...

Women in Afghanistan are nearly four times less likely than men to have access to formal justice mechanisms, according to findings released by the United Nations on International Women’s Day. The ...

The agency UN Women vowed on Tuesday to continue its provision of aid for women and girls in Afghanistan despite stringent restrictions and the ongoing conflict in the region. UN Women Afghanistan ...

Every story that was shared at a recent online gathering offered a window into the reality of life for women in Afghanistan today.

An Afghan woman uses her smartphone along a street in Kabul on June 18, 2025. Credit - Wakil Kohsar—AFP/Getty Images On Monday evening, internet and telephone communications were cut off across ...

Afghan women weave wools for making carpets at a traditional carpet factory in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, March 6, 2023. After the Taliban came to power in Afghanistan, women have been deprived of ...

As a Greek woman in Afghanistan, I decided to live among ordinary Afghans to get a feel of their lives, concerns, and dreams ...

When the Taliban were in power in Afghanistan, they shuttered girls’ schools, segregated many aspects of public life, including the workplace, and prevented women from leaving their homes unless ...

Afghan former lawmaker Fawzia Koofi speaks with Bianna Golodryga about the Taliban’s continued repression of women.