While grateful for the few allies we have, I am every day astonished by lack of global outrage against Taliban's gender aparthied. What does it take for the feminist movements in the region & the world to stand for the rights of girls to go to school? Every day is a day too late

This little Afghan girl sells home-made bread/bolani to support her family & also save for her school expenses. Just one example of how resilient & ambitious the girls are.

But closing schools shatter their ambitions & dreams.
#LetAfganGirlsLearn

Women always find easier ways to solve problems.

“The Taliban are more afraid of educated Afghan women activists than drones or missiles. While a missile may physically kill them, an educated Afghan woman has the power to dismantle their ideology.' My interview with ⁦Simi Jan⁩ TV2 Denmark 🇩🇰 nyheder.tv2.dk/2024-01-21-mal…

Across Afghanistan, child marriages have skyrocketed, and not only because of economic collapse, Stephanie Sinclair writes in a guest opinion. wapo.st/4aXomTB

This is a very good discussion of how the latest Taliban escalation of abuse against women and girls—detaining/abusing them for “bad hijab”—is also a coded ethnic attack on Hazara communities.

‘I was arrested for the crime of being a Hazara and a woman’ zantimes.com/2024/01/22/cam…

In the new Afghanistan, it’s sell your daughter or starve, Stephanie Sinclair writes in a guest opinion. wapo.st/3O2GBxg

One of the country’s finest investigative reporters is retiring today, and I'd like to tell you a bit about him.

Mike Berens has been a journalist for 43 years.

He started in 1981 as a copy boy — yes, a copy boy! — at the Columbus Dispatch.
Michael J. Berens Columbus Dispatch
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“Girls young as 16 have been arrested across Kabul in the past week for violating Taliban hijab rules. The girls—detained in shopping centres, classes & street markets—were accused of “spreading & encouraging others to wear a bad hijab” & wearing makeup.” theguardian.com/global-develop…

Here’s an excellent summary of the shadow report.

.Sahar Fetrat Human Rights Watch interviewed six amazing Afghan women about the human cost of the Taliban’s ban on girls’ secondary education. Here are all the videos. First, one with all six women.

“I try to give them hope that education will start again. But I don’t see any bright future for anyone in this country.”

More light in the dark…from
a great team Clarissa Ward Scott McWhinnie Brent Swails #IsraelGazaWar

As they hoard more wealth, the ultra-rich will do anything to protect it.

They know democratic majorities would pass higher taxes, stricter regulations, and enforce anti-monopoly laws.

This is why billionaires are dolling out big bucks to Trump’s fascist campaign. Be warned.

‘The lesson from Gaza is brutal and short: human rights are not universal and international law is arbitrarily applied.’ theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Listen to Palestinian journalist Ayat Al Khadour final words before she was killed by Israeli bombardment earlier today. She knew the world is failing her urgent plea for #CeasfireNOW

Wheelchair users have been trying for ages to raise awareness about their wheelchairs being broken so often when they fly, and the devastating impact this has on them.

americanair baggage handlers decided to give a demonstration of how much they enjoy breaking them 😡

While Gaza is attacked, 'the US is again urging Israel to come up with a plan for the day after. However, as in 1967, Israel’s driving ambitions now focus on retaining as much of the land as possible and getting rid of as many Palestinians as possible.'
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Who gave this guy a Schengen visa? I know hundreds of Afghan women and girls who want to pursue their education abroad..

you know, since the Taliban banned schools?