Why do Afghan women have to suffer even online?
Until her Afghanistan is hers again
Series 01 · Concluded
Hate Speech Against Afghan Women & Girls
Five introductory entries on what hate speech looks like, who the most visible victims are, and our next steps
Up next · Series 02
From the words of individuals to the words of the state — one Taliban decree per entry.
Latest entry
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Decree 01
Decree 01
The first entry of a new series reads the Taliban’s 2024 Vice and Virtue Law, the decree that declared a woman’s voice must be hidden.
The archive
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Decree 01
The first entry of a new series reads the Taliban’s 2024 Vice and Virtue Law, the decree that declared a woman’s voice…
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So What Can We Do?
There is no single remedy to end online abuse of Afghan women, but four kinds of response measurably reduce its harm: personal…
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Who Gets Targeted the Most?
The previous entry in this series discussed how online abuse written in Dari and Pashto slips past the regulation systems. So who…
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The Moderation Gap
Much of the abuse aimed at Afghan women online stays up because the systems built to remove it cannot fully read it.…
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The Cost of Speaking Up
Hate speech against Afghan women is not only a set of words. It is a price attached to being seen, and many…
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Hate Speech Against Afghan Girls
Since the fall of Kabul in 2021, Afghan girls and women have been barred from secondary school and university and pushed out…
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Are You Going Or Not?
My mother laid out my red shoes, the ones with the buckle. She said, tomorrow wear the good ones. I thought that…
Written by
Sienna Park
Kent School
Competitive Debater, Flutist, Leader of Kent School Amnesty Chapter, Leader of Kent School International Relations Club
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