A salutary record of freedoms won and lost. When Afghanistan declared full independence from Britain 100 years ago, some women also gained new freedoms, including access to education. But the regimes that followed have swung between extremes, both repressing and then promoting women’s rights. Now, with peace talks under way with the Taliban, there’s fear […]
Afghanistan peace talks: Lasting peace is impossible without women at the negotiating table
News of negotiations between the United States and the Taliban and the prospect of impending intra-Afghan talks have given hope to the Afghan people that years of war and unspeakable suffering may finally be coming to an end. Americans, too, are war-weary and want to see an end to what has become America’s longest war. By […]
Afghan women imprisoned for ‘moral crimes’.
J.S. von Dacre 25 MAY 2019 Gulnaz, a demure and quiet Afghan woman, gained public attention in 2011. At 16-years-old, a male relative had raped and impregnated her. When she reported the incident, she was promptly arrested and jailed for 12 years for adultery since her attacker was married. When media interest in her case intensified, her sentence was reduced […]
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