SHE THINKS FoRB

This blog highlights how women are especially vulnerable for FoRB violations, both because of their gender and their beliefs. 

Freedom of Religion or Belief in Afghanistan: The Taliban’s Grave Threats to Women and Girls

Under the Taliban, women in Afghanistan face unprecedented threats. According to UN experts, women there face gender apartheid: “Taliban edicts policies and practices” constitute “an institutionalized system of discrimination, oppression and domination of women and girls.” Since their return to power in August 2021, the Taliban have imposed more than 70 edicts, orders, and decrees…

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Advancing Peace through Freedom of Thought, Conscience and Religion: The Role of Women

Despite great advances in gender inclusion over the past fifty years, women are still woefully underrepresented in decision-making across the world. Even worse, Georgetown University’s Women, Peace and Security Index[1] finds that the implementation of gender equality laws has slowed in recent years as the world grapples with ‘compounding and multilayered crises that undermine the…

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