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The women of Iraq have a critical role to play in the futurerevival of their society. They bring skills and knowledge that willbe vital to restoring Iraq to its rightful place in the region andin the world. However, the U.S. will not dictate what the futureIraqi government will look like. Those decisions are for the Iraqipeople to make.

Journalists and activists at the Fourth Asma Jahangir Conference touched upon religious bigotry in India, Sri Lanka’s crisis, the Taliban and more.

Let’s first start by thanking Norsk Pen for holding today’s very important discussion on the situation in the Afghanistan: “What About

LAHORE: Former Afghan ambassador in Pakistan Omar Zakhilwal said that the Taliban had won not because of their power but the weaknesses and rifts in the previous government.In a session on...

The Taliban has turned Afghanistan into the world’s only country where girls are forbidden from secondary education because of their gender. Despite the repression and violence, women are refusing to be silenced. DW spoke with Sima Samar, a veteran human rights activist who served as the Minister of Women's Affairs in Afghanistan, after the overthrow of the Taliban in 2001.

This press release is also available in Spanish (Español). PRESS RELEASE DATE: August 23, 2022 Finalists Announced for the 2022 Allard Prize for International Integrity The Allard Prize has announced its three finalists for the 2022 Allard Prize for International Integrity. The $100,000 Prize is one of the largest awards in the world dedicated to upholding human rights and

America’s exit from Afghanistan was going to come eventually. Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump both declared their intentions to extricate the U.S. from its “forever war.” The American public

Afghan women who lived through the original Taliban rule are now returned, once more, to a state of powerlessness.

United Nations - A year after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, prominent Afghan rights activist Sima Samar is still heartbroken over what happened t

The former minister of women's affairs urged the international community to keep up pressure on the Taliban to allow all girls to attend secondary school