Afghan Women’s Protest Movements: Taliban Have Turned Violence Against Women into a Targeted Policy

On the eve of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, Afghanistan’s women-led protest movements say the Taliban have transformed violence against women into a deliberate and systematic state policy.

In a statement released on Monday (November 24), the “Window of Hope Women’s Movement” said Afghan women have endured the “harshest forms of violence, repression, and systematic discrimination” over the past four years.