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The Taliban's ongoing attack on women's rights
The Week via Yahoo News· 5 months agoProtest for Afghan women in London. Since the Taliban assumed power in Afghanistan in 2021, the group has made several changes to the country's laws....
Don't blame Sharia for Islamic extremism -- blame colonialism
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWarning that Islamic extremists want to impose fundamentalist religious rule in American...
Taliban arresting women protesting education ban under pretext of ‘bad hijab’ law, say Afghan...
The Independent via Yahoo News· 5 months agoActivists in Kabul say the Taliban is rounding up and detaining women and girls under the pretext a...
Afghanistan’s women-run radio station vows to fight closure by Taliban: ‘Not afraid of jail or...
The Independent UK via AOL· 1 year agoAfghanistan’s only women-run radio station has vowed to fight back after the Taliban recently...
UN rights chief urges Taliban to drop restrictions on women
Politico via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe United Nations’ human rights chief on Tuesday decried increasing restrictions on women’s rights...
Rights of Afghan women and girls set to be key item on agenda at UN General Assembly
The Independent UK via AOL· 9 months agoThe rights of women and girls in Afghanistan and the current state of such rights is an issue that...
Activists urge Iranian women to publicly unveil to protest crackdown
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIranian rights activists have urged women to publicly remove their veils on "National Day of Hijab...
Letters to the editor: Readers share their opinions on Supreme Court abortion decision
The News-Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOther 'rights' may be eroded The decision by the Supreme Court to purposefully do significant harm...
Why The Qatar World Cup 2022 Is Attracting Backlash Already
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 2 years agoQatar is hosting this year’s highly anticipated World Cup — but, more than a week before it...
Taliban blocks women from college subjects deemed "too difficult"
CBS News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAfghanistan's Taliban rulers have blocked young women from taking college entrance exams for a wide...