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Zubaida Akbar
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Human Rights Expert
Feminist
Program Manager with Femena
Free Afghanistan
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Iran's civil society has long warned that military aggression would provide a pretext for increased repression. A new wave of detentions, executions & silencing of dissent started with the #IsraeliranWar & intensified since the ceasefire. 🔗Read our report:
femena.net/2025/06/27/b...
Bombed and Shackled: How Israel’s War on Iran Ushered in a New Wave of Sweeping Crackdowns - Femena, Rights Peace Inclusion
As Israeli airstrikes continued across Iran, targeting major cities and infrastructure, a parallel campaign of mass arrests and intimidation also unfolded within the country. This wave of repression h...
femena.net
June 27, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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“In Afghanistan today, we are suffering simply because of our gender,” said Nasrin, a resident of Kabul. “We are exhausted. For four years, we have been without work, without education, without hope for the future.” amu.tv/171447/
Heather Barr: Taliban’s exclusion of women deprives Afghanistan of skilled workforce | Amu TV
“Afghan women have waited long enough,” Barr said.
amu.tv
April 30, 2025 at 5:37 AM
When happiness wasn't forbidden, and little girls in Afghanistan could dream and be joyful—before the terrorist Taliban robbed them of hope and their future. #InternationalDanceDay
April 29, 2025 at 5:48 PM
This is what is happening in Afghanistan:
Mohammad Tawoos Tariq, in his capacity as an official from the Ministry of Vice and Virtue: “women only need one eye uncovered and only to see.”
Remember his name and face when there is accountability for gender apartheid.
April 17, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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1/2 Femena strongly condemns the arrest and imprisonment of Afghan journalist Freshta Sadeed by Pakistani police.
Afghan women journalists and WHRDs have fled Taliban persecution in search of safety.
April 15, 2025 at 7:35 PM
In collaboration with @elpais.com , we at Femena shared powerful stories of our courageous partners who are keeping education alive for Afghan girls through home schools.
April 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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1/3 Femena strongly condemns Pakistan’s decision to proceed with Phase 2 of its ‘Illegal Foreigners’ Repatriation Plan, which targets the forced return of over 800,000 Afghan Citizen Card holders.
April 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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“I am part of a campaign, End Gender Apartheid, by 100s of prominent jurists, academics, civil society leaders, activists. The campaign aims to include gender apartheid in the UN crimes against humanity treaty & ensure intl leaders call Taliban actions what they are.” thediplomat.com/2024/11/why-...
Why Does It Matter What We Call the Oppression of Afghan Women?
What we want is for the cruelty being endured by women and girls in Afghanistan to be called what it actually is: gender apartheid, and a crime against humanity.
thediplomat.com
November 21, 2024 at 5:20 AM
Name the only country that criminalizes women’s voices and bans their education. In Afghanistan, the Taliban enforces gender apartheid, yet women keep protesting, singing, running secret schools, and refusing to be silenced. Their unbreakable spirit defies the Taliban's inherent hate towards women.
November 20, 2024 at 10:21 PM