Women’s resistance in Afghanistan
After the seizure of power by the Taliban, Afghan women and girls have repeatedly taken to the streets and protested for their rights. This is despite the fact that the Taliban have always suppressed demonstrations.
The Taliban, who seized power again in 2021, have not yet been recognized by any country. In August, the Taliban administration published the popular law, which restricts women’s lives even more.
Recently, a group of Afghan women protested on the roads of Kabul. This is the first march since the introduction of the new Taliban law against women. Women have demonstrated sporadically against the laws imposed by the Taliban authorities, but these protests have often been held in small groups and inside homes; Because they are afraid of retaliation and arrest of several women’s rights activists who were imprisoned for months.