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The latest updates from Friends of Afghan Women Network – learn more about how we work and the situation for women in Afghanistan.
Contact: info@friendsofafghanwomennetwork.co.uk
In a country where even looking out the window is banned, women in Afghanistan are living in one of the most brutal regimes on earth. But a movement is stirring at a grassroots level, says Shabnam Nasimi, and every sewing machine used in a back room, every battered laptop booted up in secret, every literacy lesson quietly delivered offers hope
More than three years have passed since the fall of Kabul to the Taliban, a period marked by severe regression in the rights and livelihoods of Afghan women. The latest data shows that 80 per cent of Afghan women live in poverty, at least 1.4mn girls are not in school and female participation in the labour force stands at just 4.8 per cent.
For the past three years, women in Afghanistan have been banned from public life: schools, universities, work – even outdoor spaces. A generation of women who were once teachers, doctors, journalists and artists are now confined to the home.