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Sepita Hatami, Gender Studies researcher; PhD candidate in Comparative Literature, Western University

The women’s rights crisis in Afghanistan is an ongoing humanitarian calamity

Where is one of worst places to be a woman? Afghanistan.

That’s what most people think when it comes to the topic of the women’s rights crisis under the ruling Taliban in Afghanistan. But this only tells part of the story.

Focusing on the word “rights” hides something more serious underneath: how people live and survive in this situation. What’s unfolding in Afghanistan is not just a women’s rights crisis, but a humanitarian disaster.

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