taliban Archives - Empoword Journalism https://www.empowordjournalism.com/tag/taliban/ Led by women. Uniting and empowering journalists across the globe. Tue, 18 Mar 2025 13:52:11 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Malala Yousafzai Urges Leaders To Challenge Oppressive Laws https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/current-affairs/malala-yousafzai-urges-leaders-to-challenge-oppressive-laws/ https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/current-affairs/malala-yousafzai-urges-leaders-to-challenge-oppressive-laws/#respond Sun, 09 Feb 2025 13:40:25 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.com/?p=64018 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai has urged Muslim leaders to back efforts to make gender apartheid a crime under international law.

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]]> https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/current-affairs/malala-yousafzai-urges-leaders-to-challenge-oppressive-laws/feed/ 0 Tobias Ellwood resigns after backlash on Afghanistan video https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/tobias-ellwood-resigns-after-backlash-on-afghanistan-video/ https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/tobias-ellwood-resigns-after-backlash-on-afghanistan-video/#respond Thu, 05 Oct 2023 11:34:32 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.com/?p=48998 Chair of the Defence Committee, Tobias Ellwood, resigned from his position as head of the committee and cross-party group on September 13th. The resignation came after backlash over his comments in a video praising the Taliban. 

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]]> https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/tobias-ellwood-resigns-after-backlash-on-afghanistan-video/feed/ 0 Zahra Joya empowers all women to use their voices https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/zahra-joya-empowers-all-women-to-use-their-voices/ https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/zahra-joya-empowers-all-women-to-use-their-voices/#respond Sun, 16 Jul 2023 11:17:19 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.com/?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://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/zahra-joya-empowers-all-women-to-use-their-voices/feed/ 0 Afghanistan One Year On: UN’s re-commitment to women and girl’s rights amid humanitarian crisis https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/afghanistan-one-year-on-uns-re-commitment-to-women-and-girls-rights-amid-humanitarian-crisis/ https://www.empowordjournalism.com/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.com/?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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