We envision a society where Afghanistan women and girls live in freedom and safety, with equal rights and opportunities.
The Women’s Justice Movement is an independent human rights organization established following the Taliban’s return to power. It was formed in response to the widespread and systematic suppression of women’s rights, with the aim of defending women’s dignity, combating gender discrimination, and empowering women socially, economically, and politically.
WJM works to defend the fundamental rights of women and girls against systemic human rights violations and gender apartheid through education, documentation, support, independent storytelling and rights-based advocacy at national and international levels.
Education, rights awareness, skills and opportunities for women and girls.
Documenting violations, producing public analysis and advocating for rights and accountability.
Humanitarian, psychosocial and security-conscious support for women facing risk and crisis.
A new report by the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan documents the systematic expansion and institutionalization of discriminatory policies against women and girls under Taliban rule. WJM highlights the importance of documentation,…
Read update →WJM reaffirms that education and access to knowledge are fundamental human rights and calls for an immediate end to the systematic exclusion of Afghan girls and women from education.
Read update →WJM organized an online seminar on gender apartheid and gender equality, bringing together human rights defenders, researchers, academics and women’s rights advocates.
Read update →This investigative report was prepared through a collaboration between Femena and the Afghan Women’s Justice Movement. It draws on interviews with 12 sources and examines the collapse of legal and protective frameworks after 15 August 2021, the restrictions…
Read update →WJM organized an online seminar on gender apartheid and gender equality, bringing together human rights defenders, researchers, academics and women’s rights advocates. The discussion examined the legal, political and social challenges surrounding recognition of systematic discrimination against women…
Read update →WJM documented a six-month educational program for girls deprived of formal education, emphasizing that closing school doors must not mean depriving girls of learning or their future.
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