The Taliban's 2021 takeover in Afghanistan was a disaster for women's rights, causing an almost complete reversal of the hard-won human rights progress over previous decades. Our latest reports show ...

Bhubaneswar: Authorities prevented 8,159 child marriages across the state in the last five years since 2019, deputy chief minister Pravati Parida informed the assembly on Saturday. Responding to a ...

Restrictions on Afghan female aid workers has threatened and reduced access to essential health, and child protection services, while the ban on post primary education for girls has exacerbated ...

Writing Hawa by Afghan filmmaker Najiba Noori and co ... traditions," the synopsis explains. "Forced into marriage as a child, Hawa is 52 years old when she can truly start learning to read ...