Quote:Women’s rights in Afghanistan have always been a matter of fierce struggle over regimes and generations, but the oppression that Afghan women and girls are experiencing since August 2021 is unmatched in terms of scale and generational impact.

Quote:The [Gender Country P]rofile analyses the in-country gender equality infrastructure over the past 40 years, and traces how decades of progress on gender equality has been erased by a patchwork of over 70 decrees, directives, statements, and systemized practices introduced by the Taliban in less than three years targeting the rights, lives, and bodies of Afghan women and girls. The profile analyses how rollbacks on gender equality are impacting progress and limiting opportunities across all sectors of development.