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More pupils receive top GCSE grades as the gap between boys and girls shrinks to its smallest margin this century.

UN experts warn against normalizing Taliban rule, citing persecution and gender apartheid.

The Taliban have controlled Afghanistan for five years, but struggle to build a stable government.

Since 2021, Afghanistan's de facto authorities have denied secondary education to over 2.6 million girls, making it the only country globally restricting girls' schooling, costing the nation $84 million annually in lost economic output while increasing risks of child labor, early marriage, and gender-based violence.

The Afghanistan and Central Asian Association urges the UK to address Afghanistan's deepening human rights crisis five years after the Taliban takeover.

Five years after Taliban seized Afghanistan, former women's affairs minister Sami Samar criticized EU's engagement with the regime, calling it an endorsement despite Taliban restrictions on women's education and movement affecting 21.9 million people needing humanitarian aid.

Boys are predicted to outperform girls in top A-level grades this year, with a rise in quantitative subjects driving the trend.

Afghanistan's interim government restrictions on women's work since 2021 have pushed over eleven million women and girls into severe poverty, with eighty-three percent of female-headed households citing unemployment as their primary survival challenge.

Researchers found that Trump administration aid cuts in early 2025 disproportionately harmed women, girls, and marginalized communities by disrupting sexual and reproductive health services, HIV treatment, and healthcare systems across Nepal, Kenya, and Colombia.

The UN is urged to act against violence towards women in Afghanistan detention due to reported sexual and physical abuse.

Afghans in Iran face legal and judicial challenges, a rights group says, due to the Taliban's decree.

Maths enrolments in Victoria rebound, but girls are returning at a slower rate than boys.

Researchers warn school phone bans may be ineffective and create a displacement effect, reducing visibility of online harms.

The UAE stresses protecting women's rights in Afghanistan ahead of UNAMA's mandate renewal.

Drought linked to doubled risk of violence against adolescents

Three teenage boys convicted of rape and assault were given £26 fines and rehabilitation orders in north-east England.

SADC's August 2026 industrialisation summit prioritizes critical minerals and infrastructure for regional development, yet risks invisibly displacing women and rural communities whose land and livelihoods sustain extraction, potentially exacerbating child marriage and gender inequality without explicit safeguards.

Afghanistan marks six years under Taliban rule with reduced large-scale conflict but persistent ISIS-K attacks, severe restrictions on women's education and employment affecting 2.4 million girls, economic hardship, and improving international relations despite unresolved human rights concerns.

Afghanistan faces severe poverty, unemployment, and food insecurity under Taliban rule, with millions struggling to survive.

Shine Collab urges a regional framework to tackle child marriage and climate justice in Southern Africa.

After five years controlling Afghanistan, the Taliban govern effectively, collect taxes and build infrastructure, yet lack formal international recognition, while facing security challenges, economic strain, humanitarian crisis, and severe restrictions on women's rights.

The UN reports 2.4 million Afghan girls are shut out of secondary school after the Taliban takeover.

Radford College parents are upset over an online chat group where boys rated girls' appearances, feeling left in the dark about the incident.

The Taliban has rebuilt Afghanistan's education system in their own image with a new madrassa network.

Taliban rule has led to a severe human rights crisis in Afghanistan, with systematic repression of women and girls and a worsening humanitarian emergency.

India saw over 5,000 child adoptions last year, the highest in a decade, with 5,022 children adopted between April 2025 and March 2026.

Since January 2025, foreign aid cuts have forced closure of women's organizations serving 1 million vulnerable females across 52 crisis-stricken countries, with four of ten institutions planning permanent shutdown, U.N. Women reports.

Gaza Women, Girls Endure Silent Catastrophe beyond Bombs

Afghan Transgender Woman Wounded In Peshawar Shooting

A t-shirt with the slogan "I'm too pretty to do math" sparks criticism in Australia.

A Kenya, a court orders detention of nine girls accused of setting a school fire that killed 16 students.

Droughts in Southern Africa increase sexual violence among adolescents by 46 percent.

Activists in Niger lament the slow progress of girls' education despite efforts to promote it.

A just transition cannot be built on women's land, labor, and bodies, experts warn, citing concerns over extractive economies.

After five years in power, the Taliban struggle to fulfill inclusivity promises while Afghanistan faces economic collapse, terrorist threats, and international isolation due to hardline policies restricting women's education and rights.

Taliban regime brings less war, but marginalizes half of Afghanistan's population, particularly women.

The Taliban solidified control over Afghanistan since recapturing Kabul in 2021, governing through taxation and infrastructure projects while most nations withhold formal recognition, facing persistent security challenges, economic strain, humanitarian crises, and severe restrictions on women's rights.

UNAMA reports that while Afghanistan's armed conflict has declined since the Taliban's 2021 return to power, security improvements alone are insufficient for lasting stability without addressing women's rights restrictions, terrorism concerns, and political accountability challenges.

UNESCO reports 2.4 million Afghan girls are barred from secondary education under Taliban rule, with projections reaching four million by 2030, representing a global crisis as Afghanistan uniquely denies female educational access.

Education is a lifesaving priority in crisis zones, not a luxury, to protect children from exploitation and abuse.

Taliban rule in Afghanistan has led to severe human rights crises, particularly for women and girls, over the past five years.

The UN reports that 61% of global human trafficking victims are women and girls.

Sudan's civil war has led to a rise in gender-based violence against women and girls since 2023.

UN experts condemn Taliban decree for increasing child marriage and abuse risks.

Maths enrolments in Victoria rebound, but girls are returning at a slower rate than boys.

Teenagers who raped girls have their sentences reviewed for leniency.

The UN draft resolution drops "de facto authorities" reference to the Taliban, using "relevant authorities" instead.

UN Women reports over 100,000 people displaced in eastern Afghanistan due to escalating border tensions with Pakistan, with women and girls disproportionately affected by economic hardship, food insecurity, and psychological trauma amid broader humanitarian crisis.

Experts sound the alarm over rising sexism and misogyny in Australian schools, posing risks to female teachers and students.