Defying the Taliban’s latest ban on university education for women, dozens of Afghan women's rights activists and girl students Thursday staged a protest in Kabul, Takhar and Nangarhar provinces ...

A group of women took to the streets in the city of Herat in Afghanistan on Saturday ... have responded to the latest education ban by boycotting their exams in protest. “Education is the ...

The protests by both women and men began immediately after ... There were similar walkouts of male students at the Afghan Pamir Higher Education Institute in the capital, Kabul.

That is Pashtana Durrani, executive director of the education group LEARN Afghanistan, now at the Wellesley Centers for Women. Pashtana, thank you for your time.

"I knew that they treat the protesters very badly ... Adela wants more Afghan men to join women in their fight for education "At first they didn't take me seriously. Later, one of the gunmen ...

The protests, which were mirrored by mostly-women gatherings in Pakistan ... responding to the needs and rights of the Afghan people, including education for girls, the working environment ...

Taliban authorities in Afghanistan are reported to have banned medical schools from admitting female students, removing the last remaining opportunity for women to pursue higher education.

They also tried to prevent any photography, filming and protests from ... security forces in the Afghan capital on Wednesday enforced a higher education ban for women by blocking their access ...

Women have been blocked from attending university, most teenage girls cannot get a secondary school education ... we have in Afghanistan.” After the first few weeks of protest, a Taliban ...

Afghan women have turned to social media to protest the latest draconian edict ... who was forced to abandon her education after 10th grade due to the Taliban's draconian rules, told CBS News.

Today she is seizing the opportunity to advocate for girls’ education on ... That and all the Afghan women who take to the streets, risking their lives, to protest in defense of their rights.