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Coverage dated December 13, 2023

Taliban sending Afghan women to prison to protect them from gender-based violence, says UN report

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ISLAMABAD (AP) — Taliban officials are sending Afghan women to prison to protect them from gender-based violence, according to a U.N. report published Thursday. Before the Taliban seized power in 2021, there were 23 state-sponsored women protection centers in Afghanistan where survivors of gender-ba…

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  1. The Republic

    Taliban sending Afghan women to prison to protect them from gender-based violence, says UN report (opens The Republic)

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    ISLAMABAD (AP) — Taliban officials are sending Afghan women to prison to protect them from gender-based violence, according to a U.N. report published Thursday. Before the Taliban seized power in 2021, there were 23 state-sponsored women protection centers in Afghanistan where survivors of gender-ba…

  2. Washington Examiner

    UN says Taliban's solution to protect women from male relatives: Send them to prison (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Afghanistan has burnished its credentials as one of the worst places in the world for women, thanks to a Taliban plan under which vulnerable women are sent to prison.

  3. Green Field Reporter

    Taliban sending Afghan women to prison to protect them from gender-based violence, says UN report - The Daily Reporter (opens Green Field Reporter)

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    ISLAMABAD (AP) — Taliban officials are sending Afghan women to prison to protect them from gender-based violence, according to a U.N. report published Thursday. Before the Taliban seized power in 2021, there were 23 state-sponsored women protection centers in Afghanistan where survivors of gender-ba…

  4. CBS News

    Taliban imprisoning women for their own "protection from gender-based-violence," U.N. report says (opens CBS News)

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    The report is a snapshot of legal and judicial responses by the Taliban to complaints of gender-based violence, including murders, honor killings​ and rapes.

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