What’s the context? Women in Afghanistan turn to home-based jobs and set up clandestine businesses to get around Taliban curbs on their freedom Taliban …
It's been two years since the Taliban seized Afghanistan - what has changed?
When the Taliban seized Afghanistan two years ago, the hardline Islamist movement promised it had changed in the two decades since it ran one of the world's most repressive governments. But the administration has re-introduced many of the harsh restrictions on girls and women from their draconian 1996-2001 rule. It has excluded girls from high schools, and barred women from universities and most jobs. Here is a collection of Context's reporting on Afghanistan.
What’s the context? With Afghanistan's Taliban rulers banning women from most jobs, some are turning to nursing and midwifery as a way to keep …
What’s the context? Afghan women protest more indoors as rights are curbed, with social media posts enabling documentation of opposition to the Taliban …
Algorithms and AI being used in this context are increasingly common with impressively broad applications. Oxford University’s Algorithmic Fairness …
What’s the context? Women judges living in fear of militant reprisals in Afghanistan plead for help to escape country Female judges living in hiding …
What’s the context? Afghan women say underground gyms provide a lifeline as Taliban further limit their freedoms Taliban have banned women from gyms …