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Taliban reject UN concerns over laws banning women's voices and bare faces in public
Read full article: Taliban reject UN concerns over laws banning women's voices and bare faces in publicThe Taliban is rejecting concerns and criticism raised by the United Nations over new vice and virtue laws that include a ban on women’s voices and bare faces in public.
Taliban vice and virtue laws provide 'distressing vision' for Afghanistan, warns UN envoy
Read full article: Taliban vice and virtue laws provide 'distressing vision' for Afghanistan, warns UN envoyA top UN official is warning that the Taliban’s new vice and virtue laws provide a distressing vision for Afghanistan’s future.
UN chief: Legal equality for women could take 300 years as backlash rises against women's rights
Read full article: UN chief: Legal equality for women could take 300 years as backlash rises against women's rightsThe United Nations chief says legal equality for women could take centuries as the fight for gender equality has become an uphill struggle against rank discrimination and gross human human rights abuses.
Afghan schoolgirls are finishing sixth grade in tears. Under Taliban rule, their education is over
Read full article: Afghan schoolgirls are finishing sixth grade in tears. Under Taliban rule, their education is overAfghan schoolgirls are weeping as they finish sixth grade, knowing their education is over.
As mental health worsens among Afghanistan's women, the UN is asked to declare 'gender apartheid'
Read full article: As mental health worsens among Afghanistan's women, the UN is asked to declare 'gender apartheid'The U_N_’s most powerful body is being asked to support governments seeking to legally declare the crackdown by Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers on women and girls “gender apartheid."
UN warns Taliban that restrictions on Afghan women and girls make recognition `nearly impossible'
Read full article: UN warns Taliban that restrictions on Afghan women and girls make recognition `nearly impossible'The U.N. envoy for Afghanistan is warning the country’s Taliban rulers that international recognition as the country’s legitimate government will remain “nearly impossible” unless they lift severe restrictions on women and girls’ education and employment.