Gender apartheid and missing voices: girls and young women in Afghanistan and Pakistan

Stephen J. McKinney and Jennifer Farrar
25 June 2026, The Tablet

Across Afghanistan and Pakistan, girls and young women face escalating violations of their human rights – from systematic exclusion and ‘gender apartheid’ under Taliban rule to forced conversion and marriage – leaving many voices unheard and freedoms denied

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