End Gender Apartheid
@EGACampaign
A global action by lawyers and activists to end gender apartheid in Iran and Afghanistan. For press email: [email protected]
Three years ago today, the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan and began a systematic campaign of repression and dehumanization against women to entrench its power. This treatment of women has a name: GENDER APARTHEID. #EndGenderApartheid
Taliban forces are using electric shock devices on women in Afghanistan accused of violating strict dress codes. Victims report being knocked unconscious or shocked during prison interrogations. This is gender apartheid. #EndGenderApartheid Learn more: rukhshana.com/en/taliban-for…
Over the last week, the Iranian regime has begun to accelerate the deportation of millions of refugees from Afghanistan, forcing women to return to life under the Taliban's brutal gender apartheid regime. #EndGenderApartheid Learn more ➡️ theguardian.com/global-develop…
The End Gender Apartheid Campaign welcomes the ICC's issuance of arrest warrants for two leaders of the Taliban for the crime against humanity of persecution. Read our statement below👇 #EndGenderApartheid
TODAY: Join the @ABAesq for a panel on “Crimes Against Humanity: Addressing Gaps in International Criminal Law”, featuring EGA Legal Advisor @akila_rad 🗓️ June 24, 2025 ⏰ 12:00 PM EDT 🔗 Register: americanbar.org/events-cle/mtg…
TOMORROW | 10:00AM CET Join us for the upcoming event with @WCRAN_ORG in advance of the CEDAW review, “From Treaty to Action: Building a Global Alliance in Support of Afghan Women.” Register now to join us in person: indico.un.org/event/1018435/
🗓️Monday, June 23 at 10:00am - 11:00am CEST Join EGA, WCRAN, and partners for their upcoming event, which aims to ensure that the experiences of women inform global action, including by the CEDAW Committee. Register now: indico.un.org/event/1018435/ #EndGenderApartheid
This week, prominent activist @tamanaparyaniP issued a statement and series of demands calling on the UN and the international community to take action to end gender apartheid. Read her statement and demands now⬇️ tamanazaryabparyani.org/2025/05/16/rec…
This week, the Taliban shut down community-based girls’ education classes in multiple provinces, further denying young girls the little access to education that they had left. This is gender apartheid. Learn more ➡️ amu.tv/173700/
In a recent statement, @HRW called on the new government of Australia to support the codification of gender apartheid in the crimes against humanity treaty. All States should follow this guidance in upcoming discussions on the treaty ⬇️
"Australia should champion multilateralism & development of intl legal norms. It can do this by supporting proposed treaties on free pre-primary/secondary education, crimes against humanity that include gender apartheid, & autonomous weapons systems." hrw.org/news/2025/05/1…
During a recent visit to South Africa with @MalalaFund and @civ_engagement, a delegation of Afghan women held roundtable discussions, and a public event at the @NelsonMandela Foundation, including on how the lessons offered by experience and dismantling of racial apartheid in…
“Today, Afghan women stand on the frontlines of the global human rights movement...Just as racial apartheid did not end without global pressure, neither will gender apartheid.” Read @RukhshanaMedia's reporting of our recent trip to South Africa ⬇️ rukhshana.org/en/a-century-a…
The EGA team recently joined @MalalaFund @Civ_Engagement in South Africa to bring together a delegation of women from Afghanistan, where they met with South African jurists and human rights leaders to share, learn and build solidarity to codify gender apartheid.
#Abedeh in Ghor set herself on fire after being forced to marry a Talib. This is what Taliban gender apartheid looks like: bringing women to the verge of giving up on life. It's not just one story, it’s scream of millions. This regime of terror must end!
And here is the English version. @EGACampaign @MalalaFund @civ_engagement
A century after racial apartheid, an Afghan delegation learns lessons from South Africa in the fight against gender apartheid @MalalaFund rukhshana.org/en/a-century-a…
Proud that we at CEP could stand with Afghan women activists connecting their resistance to broader movements for justice and liberation. @RukhshanaMedia shows what feminist leadership looks like—and why transnational solidarity can’t wait. @EGACampaign @MalalaFund
A century after racial apartheid, an Afghan delegation learns lessons from South Africa in the fight against gender apartheid @MalalaFund rukhshana.org/en/a-century-a…
During the trip to South Africa which was supported by Malala Fund, we met with the Nelson Mandela Foundation, Cape Town University, a group of judges, and several prominent figures and influential leaders of the struggle against racial apartheid. In various meetings and…
“Too often Afghan women are spoken for. This delegation speaks for itself.“ @SHalaimzai, Senior Director of Policy & Advocacy, Malala Fund shares opening remarks at a roundtable with Afghan activists and South African apartheid movement leaders at the @NelsonMandela Foundation.