Posts Tagged ‘gender apartheid’

Sara Nabil, a human rights defender, from Afghanistan

July 6, 2024

Sara Nabil is a human rights defender and artist from Afghanistan. She spoke to ISHR about her dream of one day seeing a ‘free democratic Afghanistan, where each human being [regardless of which] gender they are, man or woman, neutral or other genders, [would be] treated equally.’

Stand in solidarity with Sara and other women human rights defenders from Afghanistan: join us in our campaign to push for UN experts and States to explicitly and publicly recognise the situation in Afghanistan as a form of gender apartheid and the need for an accountability mechanism to address gross human rights violations against women.

Human rights defender’s profile: Elham Kohistani, from Afghanistan

June 5, 2024

On 3 June 2024, ISHR published Human rights defender’s story: Elham Kohistani, from Afghanistan

Elham Kohistani is a human rights defender from Afghanistan. Having witnessed successive governments trample human rights in her country since her childhood, she has dedicated her life to fighting for the basic rights of women and girls.

In an interview with ISHR, Elham spoke about her hopes for the future of Afghanistan, urging the international community to continue supporting human rights defenders in the long term to achieve peace and prosperity.

Stand in solidarity with Elham and other women human rights defenders (WHRDs) from Afghanistan: join us in our campaign to push for UN experts and States to explicitly and publicly recognise the situation in Afghanistan as a form of gender apartheid and the need for an accountability mechanism to address gross human rights violations against women.

https://ishr.ch/defender-stories/human-rights-defenders-story-elham-kohistani-from-afghanistan

Human rights defender profile: Sara Nabil from Afghanistan

May 28, 2024

Sara Nabil is a human rights defender and artist from Afghanistan, forced into exile. She spoke to ISHR about her dream of one day seeing a ‘free democratic Afghanistan, where each human being [regardless of which] gender they are, man or woman, neutral or other genders, [would be] treated equally.’

‘Since the Taliban came to power, Afghanistan [has become] the only country where we see that women don’t have any kind of rights.’

Learn more about Sara and other human rights defenders like her: https://ishr.ch/defender-stories/

see also: https://www.dw.com/en/art-in-exile-afghan-sara-nabil-fights-for-womens-rights/a-61732508