The Pakistan Women Leaders (PWL) project, funded by the European Union and jointly implemented by UN Women and UNDP in partnership with the Trust for
In the days before the 9th OIC Ministerial Conference on Women opened at Islamabad’s Jinnah Convention Centre, the Ministry of Human Rights released a photograph
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July 12 marks Malala Day, a global moment established by the United Nations to honor the courage of Malala Yousafzai, who stood defiantly against the
There is a moment in the life of every authoritarian system when the architecture of repression begins to reveal not the strength of the regime
What occurred in Herat’s Jibrail district on 9 June 2026 is not, by any rigorous analytical measure, a singular event. It is a data point,
When the Taliban swept back into Kabul in August 2021, one of their earliest and most loudly broadcast assurances was a general amnesty for all
On 4 June 2026, former Afghan Deputy Speaker Mohammad Asif Siddiqi led a demonstration outside the European Parliament Office in Madrid, joined by Afghan expatriates,
The Taliban’s reported move to formalize or permit child marriages in Afghanistan has triggered strong international condemnation, with British Minister of State Hamish Falconer calling