More than 3 million girls returned to schooling. Women comprised 25% of university students. Afghanistan adopted a constitution that guaranteed equal rights for women and men and that a quarter of the seats in parliament would be held by women. The country ratified the Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).
The Ministry of Women's Affairs was replaced with the Ministry of Vice and Virtue and a hateful mandate that restricted freedom and violated the rights of women. Hope was replaced with fear. Day after day, the Taliban issued new d...
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