Inside Geneva: what justice means for women in Afghanistan

About this episode

The episode discusses the severe repression of women in Afghanistan under Taliban rule and the need for international intervention.

Send us Fan Mail In August 2021, the Taliban took back control in Afghanistan. Women face unprecedented repression. They can’t go to school or work; public parks are banned to them; they are not allowed to speak or sing too loudly. Are we turning away? “This is the time for the international community and for other countries, especially the EU, to step in and to make sure they respond to the crisis in Afghanistan and stand with the women of Afghanistan and to do everything they can to p...

Topics covered

• women's rights
• Afghanistan
• Taliban
• international response
• repression
• justice

Keywords

• women
• Afghanistan
• Taliban
• repression
• international community
• EU
• justice

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Taliban, EU

Places: Afghanistan

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