Tag: Afghanistan

International Women’s Day: Confronting Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan through International Law

  • Publication date March 8, 2023

Hear from Afghan Women Rights Defenders Horia Mosadiq, Yalda Royan, Zarqa Yaftali, and Prof. Karima Bennoune University of Michigan Law School as Professor Garry speaks with them on confronting the Taliban’s gender apartheid regime through international law in solidarity with Afghan women and girls. …Continue Reading International Women’s Day: Confronting Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan through International Law

The Clinic works to obtain humanitarian parole for Afghans

  • Publication date June 15, 2022

An Afghan family, in hiding in Pakistan, turned to the University of Southern California Gould International Human Rights Clinic for help applying for humanitarian parole. The process hasn’t been easy, says Henna Pithia, acting director. “What’s frustrating is that the method of accessing humanitarian parole has not been updated to reflect the current crisis for this particular community,” she says. https://bit.ly/3Gd5OA4…Continue Reading The Clinic works to obtain humanitarian parole for Afghans