Nilofar Moradi

We welcome the adoption of Resolution A/HRC/60/L.2 ,This decision marks an important step toward strengthening the protection of the rights of the people of #Afghanistan, especially women. We hope this will lead to concrete and effective actions to support victims and ensure their access to justice.

The #internet shutdown in Afghanistan has silenced the voices of its people . Afghanistan is experiencing dark days, and access to information and communication is a #right for all citizens.

#AfghanistanOffline

Disturbing the Peace: Examining Persecution Against the Hazara Continuing discussions connected to ABA Resolution 501 on the prevention of mass atrocities against the Hazara people, this session will examine the misuse of the rule of law which has allowed forced…

Disturbing the Peace: Examining Persecution Against the Hazara.
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Reckoning with the Hazara Genocide The Taliban’s brutal treatment of the Hazara community should put an end to premature discussions of normalization.

“The #Taliban’s brutal treatment of the #Hazara community should put an end to premature discussions of normalization.”
#Afghanistan
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🚨 #Breaking

A powerful #earthquake has struck #Kunar, Afghanistan. 6 pregnant women have died due to a lack of doctors, and over 800 people have lost their lives so far. #Urgent help is needed.🇦🇫💔 #Afghanistan #Earthquake #HumanitarianCrisis

Afghanistan is facing a critical situation and now, more than ever, needs immediate #support from the #international community and #humanitarian organizations. Every moment is vital, and swift action can save countless lives.

🚨 #Urgent

A devastating #earthquake has struck #Kunar #Afghanistan, claiming the lives of more than 700 #people and injuring nearly 2,000 so far. Many remain trapped under the rubble.1/2

Taliban launch crackdown on Afghanistan’s secret beauty salons The clandestine businesses – a financial lifeline for many women – have been given a month to cease operations The Taliban have issued an order targeting underground beauty salons operating in secret across Afghanistan, warning the women running them that they have one month to stop or face arrest. Officially, all beauty salons were closed by the Taliban in August 2023, shuttering 12,000 businesses with the loss of more than 50,000 female beautician jobs. Yet clandestine salons have continued to operate within communities across the country. Continue reading...

Taliban launch crackdown on Afghanistan’s secret beauty salons

What U.S. Aid Cuts Mean for the Women of Afghanistan With many care centers shuttered and supplies dwindling, many pregnant women in rural Afghanistan fear they or their babies won’t survive delivery.

“What U.S. Aid Cuts Mean for the Women of #Afghanistan”

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A devastating bus fire in #Herat #Afghanistan killed more than 80 #people, including #women and #children. Among the victims was a 6 member family, whose lives were tragically cut short.💔

Four years have passed since the fall of #Afghanistan
In these four years, the #Taliban have issued more than one hundred decrees aimed at removing women from public life.
For four years, #Afghan women have been deprived of their most basic human rights and #freedoms.

Documentaire : « Trois femmes afghanes – Des résistantes en exil », légendes vivantes | Le Canard enchaîné Ce documentaire suit trois Afghanes qui, contraintes à l'exil après la prise de Kaboul par les talibans en 2021, poursuivent leur lutte pour les droits des…

Sur @lecanardenchaine.fr « Trois femmes afghanes – Des résistantes en exil », légendes vivantes

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Western World to recognize Palestine as a state in September if it's still there PARIS/LONDON/OTTAWA – The governments of France, the UK and Canada have said they will do what’s morally right and recognize Palestine’s right to exist as a nation as early as September, providing som...

Western World to recognize Palestine as a state in September if it’s still there

25 juin à Paris : projection de Trois femmes afghanes, des résistantes en exil d'Amie Williams et Aeyliya Husain, à la Cité audacieuse à 19h. La projection sera suivie d'une rencontre avec Amie William.

‘I begged them, my daughter was dying’: how Taliban male escort rules are killing mothers and babies The need for women to be accompanied by a man in public is blocking access to healthcare and contributing to soaring mortality rates, say experts

Women & healthcare workers are raising the alarm/building a terrifying picture of an Afghan healthcare system compromised by the Taliban’s draconian male escort law, as mortality rates of mothers/newborns soar in the country. Learn more from @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

#InternationalWomensDay is the perfect time to draw attention to the continuing fight of Afghan women against gender apartheid in their homeland. Our doc #AnUnfinishedJourney, dir. by Aeyliya Husain & Amie Williams, focuses on 4 of those amazing women. Essential stories to hear-today and every day.

'It's a crime to be a girl': The forgotten women of Afghanistan For two decades Afghan women had freedom. They could go to school, hold jobs and public office. Then everything changed in an instant.

“'It's a crime to be a girl': The forgotten women of Afghanistan
For two decades, Afghan women had freedom. Then everything changed in an instant.”

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ICC prosecutor seeks arrest of Taliban leaders for 'persecuting Afghan girls and women' Karim Khan is seeking arrest warrants for the Taliban government's Supreme Leader and chief justice.

BREAKING NEWS: The top prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) is looking to arrest senior leaders of Afghanistan's Taliban government over the continuous persecution of women and girls. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Taliban Targeting The Hazara In Afghanistan Yet Again In November 2024, Afghan Witness published the findings of their investigation into the Taliban’s “regeneration program” across Kabul...

“The Hazara people have faced over a century of persecution and violence in Afghanistan at the hands of various rulers and regimes. The acts [against the community] provide strong evidence that the Hazara are victims of genocide which requires urgent action.”

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In solidarity with women around the globe.
no to violence.

#GisèlePelicot

In Afghanistan, Women Haven’t Given Up | The Walrus Despite jail, torture, and death threats, activists are resisting the Taliban in the country and abroad

“In Afghanistan, Women Haven’t Given Up”

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Taliban move to ban women training as nurses and midwives ‘an outrageous act of ignorance’ Afghan students and activists condemn halt to medical courses amid warnings of women dying from lack of healthcare

“Nursing students and medical trainers from Kabul and the provinces confirmed to the Guardian that they had been informed by their institutes that their courses had been suspended.”

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It was a great honour to attend the screening of the documentary ANUNFINISHEDJOURNEY at McGill University in Montreal.‌ I deeply appreciate everyone who attended the screening last night. I am grateful for your solidarity with the women of Afghanistan& support to end gender apartheid in Afghanistan.

Taliban bans women from training as nurses and midwives This was the only path left for girls who had been excluded from other fields, say students in Afghanistan

"The new decree will result in unnecessary pain, misery, sickness, and death for the women forced to go without healthcare, as there will not be female healthcare workers to treat them."

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Women in #Afghanistan face a deadly dilemma under #Taliban rule:

❌ Banned from medical education
❌ Banned from visiting male doctors

The Taliban's oppressive policies leave #women with no option but to suffer and die.

This is erasure in action.

Taliban close medical institutes to women in latest restriction | Amu TV “Girls will no longer be allowed to study at these institutions,” one source reported, citing remarks made at the meeting.

The Taliban's decision to ban #Afghan women from studying medicine further deepens the crisis in Afghanistan, which already faces a critical shortage of female doctors and medical professionals vital for essential services.

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Women arrested by Taliban for begging report rape and killings in Afghan jails Draconian new laws allow mass incarceration of women and children forced to beg because of work ban

“All the women said they had no other option to begging on the streets for money and food for their children after being unable to find paid work.

Since the Taliban took power in August 2021, women have been barred from most paid work.”
#Afghanistan

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Next week, on December 5th at 6pm our documentary “#ANUNFINISHEDJOURNEY ” will be screening at the @mcgillu university in Montreal. If you are in Montreal, please join us in solidarity & standing with the women of Afghanistan & the campaign to end violence against women.

Meet the Laureates of the Martin Ennals Award 2024 - Martin Ennals Award This year's Laureates are imprisoned lawyer Manuchehrs Kholiqnazarov from Tajikistan and exiled women's rights activist Zholia Parsi from Afghanistan.

“Zholia Parsi: is a teacher from Kabul, Afghanistan. Having lost her career and seeing her daughters deprived of their education with the Taliban takeover in August 2021, she founded the Spontaneous Movement of Afghan Women (SMAW)”

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“The satellite analysis, carried out by Afghan Witness, showed that of the six most-affected districts – where at least 50,000 sq metres (12 acres) of residential properties were demolished – three were areas populated by the minority Hazara community and two were populated by the minority Tajiks.”