[Link] The Taliban has Decreed that Men and Women ‘Should Be Equal’

Read: 6/12/2021 www.vice.com

The Taliban has banned forced marriage in Afghanistan, decreeing – for the very first time – that “both (women and men) should be equal,” that women should not be considered “property” and that “no one can force women to marry by coercion or pressure.

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[Link] The deadly new risk Afghan women face: It starts with a strange phone call and can end with murder

Read: 22/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

Her body was found riddled with bullets alongside three other women who had also been killed. Ms Ayoubi is a journalist and activist who left Afghanistan over concerns for her own safety.

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