End Gender Apartheid

A century after racial apartheid, an Afghan delegation learns lessons from South Africa in the fight against gender apartheid – Rukhshana Media Strolling through the autumn streets of Johannesburg in South Africa, it’s refreshing to see the democracy emerging from a long, unfinished struggle against racial apartheid.

“Today, Afghan women stand on the frontlines of the global human rights movement...Just as racial apartheid did not end without global pressure, neither will gender apartheid.”

Read Rukhshana's reporting of our recent trip to South Africa ⬇️

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07.05.2025 20:02 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Briefing the UN Security Council, Azadah Raz Mohammad argues that there is no term that better describes the situation of women and girls in Afghanistan than #genderapartheid.

Watch her briefing ➡️ webtv.un.org/en/asset/k10...

12.03.2025 00:24 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

ICC chief prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for Taliban leaders over persecution of women Reasonable grounds to believe crimes against humanity are being committed against women and girls in Afghanistan, application says

EGA Legal Advisor @akilarad.bsky.social tells The Guardian: "The request for an arrest warrant … demonstrates the systematic way in which these violations have been working in tandem to oppress girls and women under the Taliban’s gender apartheid.”

Learn more⬇️
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

24.01.2025 15:25 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

🚨BREAKING: ICC Office of the Prosecutor pursues arrest warrants for gender-based crimes in Afghanistan.

Learn from our advisors on the importance of this action and steps forward to hold the Taliban accountable for international crimes👇

#EndGenderApartheid

23.01.2025 18:20 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

🚨BREAKING: ICC Office of the Prosecutor pursues arrest warrants for gender-based crimes in Afghanistan.

Read our statement👇

23.01.2025 18:19 — 👍 5    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1

Iranian human rights defender and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi has been temporarily released on medical furlough from Evin prison for 21 days.

A first photo shows writing on her palm that says: no to gender apartheid.

04.12.2024 16:33 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

🔊 Sound on!

In a heartbreaking video, female students at the Badakhshan Medical Institute in Afghanistan are seen singing and weeping in the hallways, devastated by the Taliban’s decision to ban women from studying midwifery and nursing.

#EndGenderApartheid

11.12.2024 00:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0