Human Rights

Decades of factional wars, the Taliban rule, and the losses sustained during the insurgency and counter-insurgency have left millions of Afghan women widowed, children orphaned, and men disabled.

Deaths from terror attacks and violent extremism were down by nearly one-third in 2017. But for women and children with links to extremist groups, the nightmare of living under ISIS or Boko Haram is far from over.

As headlines blair possible peace talks between the U.S. and the Taliban, and with its intersection of politics and filmmaking, Hassan Fazili’s Midnight Traveler, is bound to be one of the festival circuit’s most discussed pictures this year.

Although the current Afghan government is publicly committed to women’s rights and empowerment, women continue to face significant barriers.

Pakistan’s government is failing to enforce laws that could protect millions of garment workers from serious labor rights abuses.

The Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU) shares the findings of a study on Gender-Based Violence (GBV) among Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) children in Kabul that provides a broader picture of the situation on-the-ground.

Human Rights Watch – World Report 2019 is Human Rights Watch’s 29th annual review of human rights practices around the globe. It summarizes key human rights issues in more than 100 countries and territories worldwide, drawing on events […]

An effort to map the gaps and challenges pertaining to the reintegration and rehabilitation of women and girls associated with violent extremist movements and establish a preliminary evidence-base of good practices and approaches.

Armanshahr|OPEN ASIA 5th Simorgh Peace prize: 2,000 children from Herat, Kabul and Kandahar provinces run a campaign to raise their voice for peace and an end to the ongoing conflict which has gripped the Afghans over the past 27 years.

“To offset a pessimistic scenario regarding peace with the Taleban, the Taleban must be notified that Afghanistan has changed and their era is over.”