ACCORD report on Taliban information practices, women and girls in Afghanistan
ACCORD published a report on Afghanistan on the impact of the Taliban's information practices and legal policies, particularly on women and girls, based on expert interviews.
In light of the Taliban’s increasingly restrictive policies and the publication of the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (PVPV) law in August 2024, which further codified the extensive restrictions on the Afghan population, particularly women and girls, this report deals with the impact of legal, administrative, and social restrictions on the human rights situation in the country. In addition, the report addresses how these restrictions have adversely altered the flow of information within and on Afghanistan since the Taliban’s resurgence in August 2021. Thereby, the report aims to provide supplementary information primarily on the situation of the female Afghan population in order to fill gaps in existing COI; gaps that have arisen due to various reasons, including restrictions on media freedom, restrictions on the work of humanitarian actors in the country, self-censorship for fear of consequences and fear of jeopardising the already highly constrained space of freedoms. To this end, the report draws on 16 interviews conducted remotely by ACCORD between July and November 2024:
- ACCORD: Afghanistan: Report on the impact of the Taliban's information practices and legal policies, particularly on women and girls, Februar 2025
https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2122510/ACCORD_Afghanistan_February_2025_FINAL.pdf
