An Afghan school teacher says the closure of girls' secondary schools has changed her perspective on life.

A former government worker and journalist says she feels her years of work and education mean nothing under the Taliban's rule.

AW talks to five female students about the reality of attending university as women in the ‘new’ Afghanistan.

Following a ban on non-approved protests, women campaigners and journalists have been met with force on several occassions

Reports of further arrests continue to spark fear

A former journalist and women's rights activist says she is in hiding after the Taliban searched her family's home.

An owner of a women’s handicrafts company says her sons must accompany her on business trips to other provinces in Afghanistan due to the Taliban's restrictions.

Taliban forces deny detentions of female activists, but mobilise communications around hijab and traditional values

With most women's refuges shut down across the country, survivors of gender violence - and former employees - are left with nowhere to turn.

Since August, restrictions on women's education, work, travel, and dress have come into effect.

This report documents the circumstances of the death of female protestor Thu Thu Zin in Mandalay on 27 July 2021.

After numerous threats, the prosecutor says she has moved out of her family's home and has changed her number several times.