afghanistan Archives - Empoword Journalism https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/tag/afghanistan/ Led by women. Uniting and empowering journalists across the globe. Thu, 31 Aug 2023 15:46:56 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 Activists call for FIFA to recognise Afghanistan’s female football team https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/current-affairs/activists-call-for-fifa-to-recognise-afghanistans-female-football-team/ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/current-affairs/activists-call-for-fifa-to-recognise-afghanistans-female-football-team/#respond Thu, 31 Aug 2023 12:05:24 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.co.uk/?p=46886 Activists say minority teams are not recognised internationally by governing body FIFA – one of which is Afghanistan's female football team. Nobel Peace Prize winner and women's rights activist Malala Yousafzai is now campaigning for the team's recognition.

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]]> https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/current-affairs/activists-call-for-fifa-to-recognise-afghanistans-female-football-team/feed/ 0 Peace Conference calls for Afghanistan human rights intervention https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/peace-conference-calls-for-afghanistan-human-rights-intervention/ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/peace-conference-calls-for-afghanistan-human-rights-intervention/#respond Thu, 03 Aug 2023 09:48:37 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.co.uk/?p=41849 Two years since the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan, after the United States withdrew their remaining troops, the UN have documented numerous human rights violations against Afghans.

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]]> https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/peace-conference-calls-for-afghanistan-human-rights-intervention/feed/ 0 Zahra Joya empowers all women to use their voices https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/zahra-joya-empowers-all-women-to-use-their-voices/ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/zahra-joya-empowers-all-women-to-use-their-voices/#respond Sun, 16 Jul 2023 11:17:19 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.co.uk/?p=41467 I had never heard of Zahra Joya before I spotted her on the front cover of TIME Magazine last year. The accolade "Women Of The Year" was capitalised across the top of the magazine. But it was the words "Afghan Journalist" that caught my attention. 

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]]> https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/zahra-joya-empowers-all-women-to-use-their-voices/feed/ 0 Thousands of Afghan refugees threatened with homelessness https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/thousands-of-afghan-refugees-threatened-with-homelessness/ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/thousands-of-afghan-refugees-threatened-with-homelessness/#respond Sun, 25 Jun 2023 16:41:38 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.co.uk/?p=41130 A crisis meeting at 10 Downing Street on 8 June heard that around 8,000 Afghan refugees residing under Operation Warm Welcome (OWW) will face eviction this summer. Plagued by a fear of homelessness, these refugees have nowhere to go. 

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]]> https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/thousands-of-afghan-refugees-threatened-with-homelessness/feed/ 0 Drone strikes and the pernicious use of gender https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/drone-strikes-and-the-pernicious-use-of-gender/ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/drone-strikes-and-the-pernicious-use-of-gender/#respond Fri, 02 Dec 2022 21:12:18 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.co.uk/?p=34396 On the 7th of October Biden signed off a highly classified policy limiting counter-terrorism drone strikes, tightening rules that President Donald J. Trump had previously loosened.

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]]> https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/drone-strikes-and-the-pernicious-use-of-gender/feed/ 0 Afghanistan One Year On: UN’s re-commitment to women and girl’s rights amid humanitarian crisis https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/afghanistan-one-year-on-uns-re-commitment-to-women-and-girls-rights-amid-humanitarian-crisis/ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/afghanistan-one-year-on-uns-re-commitment-to-women-and-girls-rights-amid-humanitarian-crisis/#respond Fri, 02 Sep 2022 19:33:39 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.co.uk/?p=29759 Following one year of the Taliban’s occupation of Afghanistan, the United Nations has reasserted its commitment to supporting and protecting the rights of women and girls from the Taliban’s expanding oppressive regime. 

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