Helen Ireland

[Dr. Maalouf ‏ @realMaalouf]

She has been missing for a week now since she was kidnapped by the Islamic regime.

Don’t forget about her!

[Habib Khan @HabibKhanT]

Who would have thought that 60 years after this tranquil scene—a schoolyard in 1960s Kabul, full of girls running and a teacher playing music—a group like the Taliban would ban girls’ school? Today marks 1,150 days since Afghan girls were denied their right to learn. #LetHerLearn

[Habib Khan @HabibKhanT]

Just a few years ago, Kabul echoed with the voices of Afghan Music School students—now, silence reigns. The Taliban has shuttered the school, banned music, and forbidden women and girls to sing. A nation’s heartbeat, stilled.

[Habib Khan @HabibKhanT]

For 1,147 days, Afghanistan has held the title of being the only country where girls’ education is illegal. The Taliban continues to deny 1.4 million girls the basic right to learn.
🖼️ Shamsia Hassani #LetHerLearn

[Masih Alinejad @AlinejadMasih]

Exclusive: Ahoo Daryaei Revealed as the Woman Who Undressed in Protest Against Morality Police

Close associates of Ahoo Daryaei, a student who protested against morality police harassment at Tehran’s Science and Research University by removing her clothes, have shared photos and details about her with me.

One of her associates said, “Her official name is Mahla, but her friends and close ones call her Ahoo, at her request. We know her as an incredibly brave woman who never accepted coercion.”

Another source told me that Ahoo Daryaei has two young children. She was married once but separated from her husband some time ago. Her ex-husband was the brought on camera by state TV, claiming to be her spouse and asking people not to share her images.

A close friend added that authorities have disabled Ahoo’s Instagram account, where she shared many videos and photos of herself and her children, clearly showing that she was not only mentally sound but also a lively, courageous woman filled with joy and vitality.

In sending Ahoo’s pictures, this source emphasized, “Ahoo, besides being exceptionally intelligent and achieving the highest grades, was well-known among her friends and classmates for her courage and determination to stand up against oppression. She defended her rights multiple times, both in school and university, confronting harassers and bullies.”

Ahoo Daryaei was transferred under worrying circumstances to Iran Psychiatric Hospital, where significant concerns about her safety and well-being remain. The atmosphere at the psychiatric hospital has become highly secured since her arrival, with security forces isolating her in part of the emergency room, denying even hospital staff access to her.
Yesterday, an informed source at the hospital told me that initial observations by the staff indicated Ahoo was mentally healthy. However, after her initial assessment, only doctors affiliated with security agencies from outside the hospital have been allowed in her room. According to this source, it appears that authorities intend to push her to the brink of insanity through unknown pills and injections. Ahoo once attempted to escape the hospital but was unsuccessful.

Be the voice of Ahoo Daryaei. Her life is in danger.

#AhooDaryaei

#AhooDaryaei
#WomanLifeFreedom

[Just Jess82 👸🐺🔥🦊 @Safcaliz]

Did you know that A Muppet Christmas Carol contains more lines from Dicken’s original than most other versions?
And this alone is why it is by far the best version and a legitimate reason for me watching it with my year 10 class this year.

[Woman Post @WomanPost_org]

🎈140 women in Afghanistan took their own lives in the past three years.

Full Report 🔗
https://t.co/EcuMhvMzlD

This is life in Afghanistan. Now.
#womanpost #Afganistan
Treat 👇🏻

[Jahanzib Wesa @jahanzibwesa]

Stand Against Gender Apartheid! 🇦🇫

The Taliban’s draconian policies are silencing Afghan women, erasing their voices and identities. The world’s silence is complicity. We must fight #GenderApartheid and stand for the freedom, education, and rights of every Afghan woman.

[Rosie Holt @RosieisaHolt]

I do not understand why what is going on in Afghanistan is not bigger news. Women now banned from “hearing other women’s voices” https://t.co/TVWg85VeE1

[The Persian Jewess @persianjewess]

In under 4 years, the Taliban has systematically erased Afghan women from society.

Just yesterday, Afghan women were banned from hearing one another’s voices.

For Afghan women, this 2010 photograph by Boushra Almutawakel is not an abstract commentary, it is a lived reality.

[Rosie Kay @RosieKayK2CO]

A powerful statement on why women dance.

Because it is dangerous for women to speak.

Even now, even in the West but particularly in Afghanistan right now.

Particularly if women speak the truth.

[Azat @AzatAlsalim]

Taliban prevents women from working =UN silence!
Taliban prevents women from schools=UN silence!
Taliban prevents women from showing their faces =UN silence!
Taliban prevents women from leaving their homes alone=UN silence!
Taliban prevents women from speaking =UN silence!

[Jahanzib Wesa @jahanzibwesa]

Free Afghan Women 🇦🇫

In response to the Taliban's ban on women's voices, this Afghan woman from Pashtun ethnicity from Afghanistan sings a poem for her and all Afghan women freedom and their basic rights.

[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

What an incredibly uplifting story.

19 young Afghan women have just arrived in Edinburgh to complete their medical degrees.

They'd lived in fear for their lives ever since the Taliban took power.

All credit to the @LindaFoundation 👏👏👏🩺

https://t.co/ZhIvny5hv1

[Habib Khan @HabibKhanT]

The Taliban’s new decree bans women’s voices from being heard by men outside their family. This regime has progressively banned women from work, education, travel, media, and public life, reducing their existence to mere reproductive functions with no voice or face.

[David Challen @David_Challen]

Tens of thousands of women in West Bengal state marched through the streets on Wednesday night in protest against the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at a state-run hospital in Kolkata last week.

"We seized the night. We've never seen anything like this in the city. This is unprecedented. I hope it wakes up the authorities," - Chaitali Sen, a protester.
➡️ https://t.co/UCeTx0jmmq

[Danny Boy @Care2much18]

I always think of one woman, when gymnastics is on, now 18 years since she died aged 46.

One of the most talented gymnasts and courageous persons; she was a member of the Olympic Order, despite never competing at the Olympics.

Her name was Elena Mukhina, one of my heroes. /1

[girlrising @girlrising]

It's been 900+ days since girls 12 & older in #Afghanistan were banned from accessing #education. We can't let them fade into the shadows. The world must stand in solidarity & continue to fight for their basic #rights! Retweet this to amplify awareness.
https://t.co/a7xQqArWGt

[Verity Bell @verityebell]

Are you travelling by @SouthernRailUK this weekend? My friend Lucie desperately needs your help. She has spent nine months hand making this beautiful quilt out of disused kimono silk for her oldest friend's brand new baby:

[#WOMENSART @womensart1]

Isobelle Ouzman carves intricate 3D illustrations into discarded books found in dumpsters, recycling bins, and local thrift shops #WomensArt