Media outlet requests male spokesperson after Taliban enforces hijab rule for Afghan women on air
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Updated · Human Rights Watch · Apr 24
Media outlet requests male spokesperson after Taliban enforces hijab rule for Afghan women on air
7 articles · Updated · Human Rights Watch · Apr 24
A Human Rights Watch Afghan woman researcher was asked to have a male colleague present her report due to Taliban instructions.
The Taliban’s Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice now requires all Afghan women, even abroad, to appear in full hijab with face covered when speaking on air.
This policy severely restricts Afghan women’s freedom of expression, erasing their voices from public life and extending the Taliban’s repressive reach beyond Afghanistan’s borders.
With ICC warrants already issued, why is the Taliban's 'gender apartheid' system still intensifying?
How are Afghan women using technology to fight the Taliban's war on their existence?
Is the international community failing to listen to the Afghan women who are leading the resistance?
Will codifying 'gender apartheid' as a crime against humanity actually change anything for Afghan women?
How does the Taliban's new penal code transform informal oppression into unbreakable law?
Beyond condemnation, what real leverage do world powers have over the Taliban's new laws?