News Breadcrumb Home SPIA Afghanistan Policy Lab News SPIA Afghanistan Policy Lab About Meet the Fellows Publications Insights, Interviews & Reports News Newsletters Archives Events Contact Us afghanlab@princeton.edu Subscribe Subscribe for updates SPIA Undergraduate Students Attend UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69) and Speak at APL Side Event Four Princeton University undergrads helped to organize and also participated in a high-level event at the United Nations Headquarters on March 14,… Afghanistan Under Taliban Tyranny: A Conversation With Adela Raz In this episode of Battlegrounds, H.R. McMaster and Adela Raz discuss the humanitarian catastrophe and systemic human rights abuses under Taliban… ‘This Injustice Must End’ Each year, the World Economic Forum convenes in Davos, Switzerland, for hundreds of discussions among thousands of participants from around the world… After Herat Earthquakes: Urgent Aid Required Since October 8, 2023, the western province of Herat has been struck by a series of five powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquakes. In addition, during the… Afghan Women Despair Taliban Rule, Yet Resolute for Change For two years, the Taliban has controlled Afghanistan. When the Taliban regime collapsed in 2001, Afghan women believed that their suffering had… SPIA Reacts: Afghanistan Under Two Years of Taliban Rule August 15, 2023, marks a grim two-year anniversary: that of the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan. Adela Raz, director of SPIA’s Afghanistan Policy… Evacuated Experts Keep the Conversation About Afghanistan Alive Researchers at Princeton’s Afghanistan Policy Lab are researching four key areas areas of policy. Afghanistan’s Women: Life Under Taliban Restrictions Everybody is trying to grasp something that gives them hope, and that hope is getting eliminated on a daily basis. The Disturbing Ties Between Authoritarianism and Gender Apartheid With one-quarter of the world’s population in a democratic backslide into 2022, we often disregard the enormous price women in the affected countries… SPIA Reacts: Implications of the Taliban's Decision to Ban Women and Girls From Attending School in Afghanistan Former Afghan MP: Taliban is a `Gender Apartheid' Regime A former member of Afghanistan’s parliament is urging the world to label the Taliban a “gender apartheid” regime because of its crackdown on human… Dean's Dialogue: Hope for Afghanistan (Amb. Adela Raz) In this episode, Dean Amaney Jamal discusses the current situation in Afghanistan — and what hope remains ahead — with Amb. Adela Raz, director of… Naheed A. Farid Featured In The Hill In an op-ed written by Naheed A. Farid, a fellow, Amb. Adela Raz discusses women's rights in Afghanistan a year after Taliban rule and… Naheed Farid Speaks Out Against Taliban Repression of Women and Girls Naheed Farid, a former member of the Afghan parliament, implored the world to label the Taliban a “gender apartheid” regime in response to… Amb. Adela Raz Featured In The Washington Post Amb. Adela Raz talks ahead of the first anniversary of the fall of the Afghan government.
