Afghan Women
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Effort underway to allow Afghan women at risk of deportation to study at University of ReginaA group at the University of Regina is helping raise money for about 30 female students who fled Afghanistan when the Taliban took over and now fear being deported back there.Aug 15, 2025
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Afghan women sing in defiance of Taliban morality lawsLaws issued by the Taliban last week forbid women from singing and reading aloud in public because a woman's voice is deemed 'intimate.'TrendingAug 29, 2024
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Stolen education: What’s happened since Taliban banned women from university in AfghanistanThis week marks one year since the Taliban abruptly banned women from universities, making Afghanistan the only country in the world with restrictions on female education.CanadaDec 24, 2023
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For Afghan women under the Taliban, ‘home is like jail.’ Now, some are speaking outAhead of International Women's Day on March 8, Global News spoke to women and people on the ground as the Taliban attack on women continues to escalate.CanadaMar 7, 2023
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Taliban start enforcing face-cover order for female TV anchors in AfghanistanOn Sunday, most female anchors were seen with their faces covered after the Taliban's Vice and Virtue Ministry began enforcing the decree.WorldMay 22, 2022
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Taliban order Afghan women to cover from head to toe in publicThe decree calls for women to only show their eyes and recommends they wear the head-to-toe burqa.WorldMay 7, 2022
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Afghan-Canadian woman in Taliban captivity following gunpoint arrestNadima Noor, an Afghan-Canadian woman who was working on humanitarian aid projects in Afghanistan, was arrested and has been held captive by the Taliban since Feb. 13.CanadaMar 7, 2022
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Canada to take in Afghan women judges and their families stuck in limbo for monthsIn addition to the judges and their families, a group totalling about 230 people, Canada will also resettle an unspecified number of LGBTQ Afghans, a government spokesperson said.CanadaDec 31, 2021
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UNICEF working to directly fund Afghan teachers without Taliban interactionUNICEF is creating a program to directly fund teachers in Afghanistan to continue education and to avoid having funds flow through the Taliban regime.WorldNov 3, 2021
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Afghanistan minister won’t commit to girls’ schooling despite international demandThe new Taliban administration has pushed to build relations with other countries to help stave off a catastrophic economic crisis.WorldOct 12, 2021
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