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Edition - Today's top story: The Taliban’s war on women in
Afghanistan must be formally recognized as gender apartheid
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Global
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It
is almost two years since the Taliban astonished – and
terrified – the world by sweeping back to power in Afghanistan
as US forces withdrew from the country. In recent months there
have been suggestions from some in the West that a process of
“normalising” relations with the country should now be
considered.
But
for Vrinda
Narain, at McGill University in Montreal, things remain
far from normal in Afghanistan. She points out that, “Afghan
women have been denied the most basic human rights”. This, she
continues, is no less than “gender apartheid”, adding: “Only
by labelling it as such and making clear the situation in
Afghanistan is a crime against humanity can the international
community legally fight the systematic discrimination against
the country’s women and girls.” Read
her analysis here.
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Stephen Khan
Executive Editor, The Conversation
International | |
A Taliban fighter stands guard as women wait
to receive food rations distributed by a humanitarian aid
group, in Kabul, Afghanistan, in May 2023. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi,
File)
Vrinda Narain, McGill University
The
Taliban’s two years ruling Afghanistan have taught us ordinary
human rights initiatives are insufficient to address gender
apartheid. We need resolute collective international
action. |
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Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2023 2:01 PM
Subject: Afghanistan two years after the Taliban
returned
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