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Women's rights in Afghanistan are severely restricted by the Taliban.In 2023, the United Nations termed Afghanistan as the world's most repressive country for women. [4] Since the US troops withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, the Taliban gradually imposed restrictions on women's freedom of movement, education, and employment.
Education improved in Afghanistan after the Taliban government was deposed in 2001. In 2013, 8.2 million Afghans attended school, including 3.2 million girls. This compared to only 1.2 million Afghans attending school in 2001, with fewer than 50,000 being girls. [20] 39% of girls were attending school in 2017 compared to 6% in 2003.
LEARN Afghanistan resumed operations, although covertly, within a month of the takeover. [4] In 2021, Durrani was named as one of BBC's 100 Women. In 2022, she was a Young Activist Summit winner. [5] In 2023, Durrani was given a Global Citizen Prize for her work. [6] She has also been named a Global Education Champion by the Malala Fund. [6]
Fawzia Koofi (Persian: فوزیه کوفی, Persian pronunciation: [fæwziːæ (h) kuːfiː]; born 1975) [1] is an Afghan-Tajik politician, writer, and women's rights activist. Originally from Badakhshan province, Koofi was recently a member of the Afghan delegation negotiating peace with the Taliban in Doha Qatar. She is an ex Member of ...
Jamila Afghani. Jamila Afghani (Persian: جمیله افغانی; born 1976 in Kabul) [1] is a feminist and an activist for women's rights and education in Afghanistan. She is the founder and executive director of the Noor Educational and Capacity Development Organization (NECDO). She is also an executive member of the umbrella organization ...
Wazhma Frogh. Wazhma Frogh with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (left) and First Lady Michelle Obama (right) in 2009. Wazhma Frogh (Dari: واشما فروغ) is an Afghan women's rights activist. [ 1 ][ 2 ]
Women for Afghan Women, also known as WAW, is the largest non-government Afghan women's rights organization in the world, founded in April 2001. It is dedicated to protecting the rights of Afghan women and girls. [1] The staff are mostly Afghans and WAW adopts a community-based approach. For example, they conduct educational workshops about ...
Razia Barakzai. Razia Barakzai (born 1995) is an Afghan women's rights activist. She was named one of the BBC's 100 Women in 2021 for leading the first women's protests against the Taliban in August 2021, [ 1 ] following their takeover of Afghanistan earlier that month. [ 2 ][ 3 ]