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Trishna is your average literature nerd with a serious caffeine addiction. She is a law student at National Law University, Odisha and is interested in subjects ranging from history to chemistry. She believes she would like people more if they spoke in song lyrics. She can be best described as a Pinterest board dedicated to jhumkas, stars, and strawberries. Her motto is be kind <3.

Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan

‘Gender Apartheid’ Rises in Afghanistan

Discrimination

Misogynistic arguments about conditions for women improving since the days gone are sure to suffer a severe hit after the recent statement released by the United Nations (UN). Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett declared that the treatment of the Afghani female population by the Taliban could amount to “gender apartheid”. The UN Report: Their rights continue to be violated by the de facto authorities. The institutionalized discrimination present at the heart of their ideologies is a catalyst for this grave situation. The UN defines gender apartheid as “economic and social sexual discrimination against…

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