Afghanistan

Women protest in Afghanistan for female representation in Taliban’s new cabinet

The issue of female representation has been a key concern in the lead-up to the Taliban’s imminent announcement of a new government. Dozens of defiant Afghan women held a rare protest in the western city of Herat on September 2, 2021. The protest in Afghanistan’s third-largest city called for the country's new Taliban government to include women in its future cabinet.
 

September 3, 2021