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Artemis Akbary, LGBTQ+ rights and human rights defender, reflects on his experience of the Where Justice Lives exhibition at @NelsonMandela in Johannesburg, and the importance of bearing witness to the lives of women and girls in Afghanistan under gender persecution.
Through photography, testimony and other forms of evidence, the exhibition brings Afghan women’s experiences into view, highlighting the persecution they face and the courage and resilience with which they are fighting back.
On display 14 October–9 November.
Sponsored by @OpenSociety and @ODI_Global.
Special thanks to @LHR_SA and @ICJ_org for their solidarity.
#AfghanWomen #Justice #SouthAfrica #Afghanistan #WhereJusticeLives
Why is the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda losing the support and confidence of women in the globe south?
@OfficialMariamS , in the first episode of "A Voice for Peace and Justice," explains how this agenda has failed women and girls in Afghanistan. According to Safi, countries that once stood behind the agenda, and resourced it, are now abandoning it.
Full interview on Raw TV.
youtu.be/elPe6Rmjlak?si=FTD9…
The production of "Window for Hope - United for Change" in cooperation with RAH TV
#rahtv #windowforhope #Women #Afghanistan
مریم صافی: آجندای زنان، صلح و امنیت اگر وفق داده نشود، ناپدید خواهد شد.
مصاحبه کامل در RAH TV
#rahtv #windowforhope #afghanistan #women #زنان
Where does justice begin when the rights of women and girls are systematically taken away?
At the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg, Where Justice Lives brings evidence of gender persecution in Afghanistan into public view, creating space to witness, remember, and acknowledge these experiences.
Rina Amira and Mariam Safi invite South Africans to engage with the exhibition and stand in solidarity with Afghan women and girls.
On display until 9 November at @NelsonMandela.
Sponsored by @OpenSociety and @ODI_Global.
Special thanks to @LHR_SA and @ICJ_org for their solidarity.
#WhereJusticeLives #AfghanWomen #GenderPersecution #SouthAfrica #Afghanistan
Afghan women continue to find ways to resist and rebuild their lives under Taliban rule, despite restrictions on education, employment and public life.
Drawing on 165 testimonies conducted by DROPS, this article by Lailuma Nasiri and Haleema Hassan (@giwps) highlights the often-unseen ways Afghan women navigate Taliban restrictions, support their communities and keep hope alive.
“While the world may only see them as victims, their reality is far more complex. Despite deep frustration, fear, and grief, many Afghan women have doubled down on their efforts to lead a better life.”
Read more:
thediplomat.com/2026/10/we-h…
dropsafghanistan.org/afghan-…
#afghanistan #afghanwomen #womensrights #peacebuilding #humanrights
A new report from DROPS Afghanistan and @giwps has found that despite mounting dangers and dwindling resources, Afghan women are pushing forward with peace, healthcare, and education initiatives at even higher rates than women globally.
Want to learn more? Read the full report at the link in our bio.
#Afghanistan #Women #Peace #Security
Under the Taliban’s new Criminal Code, a woman who tries to escape violence can be punished for it. The man who harmed her can walk free.
Women surveyed by Bishnaw named detention and lashings as the punishments women most often face. The vice police and judges were named most often as the ones carrying them out.
The law does not protect women. It is a tool to oppress them.
Read the full survey: bishnaw.com/impact-of-the-ne…
#RightsNotFavors #Afghanistan #AfghanWomen #WomensRights
Three countries: South Africa, Palestine and Afghanistan | One urgent conversation about justice.
Experts, academics and activists from the 'Toward an Inclusive Definition of Apartheid in the CAH Treaty' workshop join Where Justice Lives, exploring how gender persecution shapes the lives of Afghan women and girls—and why their struggle for justice concerns us all.
At @NelsonMandela
On display: 14 October – 9 November | Free Entry
Presented by @drops_afg and Connexus Collaborative.
Sponsored by @opensociety and @ODI_Global.
Special thanks to @LHR_SA and @ICJ_org for their solidarity.
With @FHRRights and @HRC_Afghanistan.
#AfghanWomen #Justice #SouthAfrica #Afghanistan
Rina Amiri of Connexus Collaborative introduces Where Justice Lives on opening day at @NelsonMandela.
Join us. Witness their stories. Stand in solidarity.
On display: 14 October – 9 November | Free Entry
Presented by @drops_afg and Connexus Collaborative.
Sponsored by @opensociety and @ODI_Global.
Special thanks to @LHR_SA and @ICJ_org for their solidarity.
Photography: mehadesaiphotography and itshandledbyh (Instagram handles)
#AfghanWomen #Justice #SouthAfrica #Afghanistan #Solidarity
One year after four Afghan organisations (@rawadari_org, @HRDPlusNetwork, @ahrdoafg, @drops_afg) convened the People's Tribunal for Women of Afghanistan, the Where Justice Lives exhibition opens at @NelsonMandela.
The exhibition tells the stories of Afghan women and girls: their courage, their daily resilience, and the lives they have continued to build.
Join us. Witness their stories. Stand in solidarity.
On display: 14 October – 9 November
Sponsored by @opensociety and @ODI_Global.
Special thanks to @LHR_SA and @ICJ_org for their solidarity.
From New York to Johannesburg—Where Justice Lives is coming to @NelsonMandela
The exhibition bears witness to the lives of women and girls in Afghanistan under gender persecution and to the courage, resilience, and resistance of those fighting back.
Join us. Witness their stories. Stand in solidarity.
On display: 14 October–9 November
Sponsored by @OpenSociety and @ODI_Global.
Special thanks to @LHR_SA and @ICJ_Africa for their solidarity.
From New York to Johannesburg—Where Justice Lives is coming to @NelsonMandela
The exhibition bears witness to the lives of women and girls under the Taliban's regime of gender persecution and to the courage, resilience, and resistance of those fighting back.
Join us. Witness their stories. Stand in solidarity.
On display: 14 October–9 November
Sponsored by @OpenSociety and @ODI_Global.
Special thanks to @LHR_SA and @ICJ_Africa for their solidarity.
New Research | When we talk about Afghanistan under the Taliban, the conversation often stops at the ban on girls' education. But our new brief by @OfficialMariamS and Ayesha Khan (@ODI_Global) suggests there is a bigger story underneath.
Testimonies from students, parents and teachers in Kabul reveal that the Taliban are using madrassas to socialise both young boys and girls into the regime's strict interpretation of Islamic Law.
For girls, the ban on formal education beyond Grade 6 is part of a wider effort to embed the submission of women and girls to men in social, economic and political life.
For boys, the system steers them toward support for the Taliban's ideological vision, and the brief finds this is fostering mistrust within households and social instability.
That is why the authors say this reaches beyond Afghanistan. They warn it poses long-term threats to regional peace and security and call on the UN and international stakeholders to recognise and monitor it as a global security concern.
Education is usually seen as a development issue. This brief asks us to see it as a security one too. Read it to know more: dropsafghanistan.org/the-tal…
#Afghanistan #Education #GlobalSecurity #HumanRights #WPS
“The magnitude and gravity of this gender oppression is tangible … What this exhibit can do, has done, that I can’t do, is that it creates, through art, a human experience.”
Richard Bennett, UN Special Rapporteur @SR_Afghanistan on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, reflects on Where Justice Lives and the experience of encountering the gravity and scale of gender persecution in Afghanistan.
Where Justice Lives is an exhibition on the gender persecution of women and girls in Afghanistan, bringing together different forms of evidence and lived experience to document what has been lost, what is being restricted, and what is at stake. The exhibition brings this documentation into conversation with photography, testimony and sound, making visible how these restrictions shape everyday life.
Where Justice Lives Exhibit
Atelier Jolie
57 Great Jones St, New York, NY 10012, US
16–26 September | Free Entry
Presented by @drops_afg and ConneXus Collaborative.
Sponsored by @OpenSociety and @ODI_Global
#WhereJusticeLives #AfghanWomen #GenderPersecution #Accountability #StandWithAfghanWomen #DROPS #AngelinaJolie #AtelierJolie
“The magnitude and gravity of this gender oppression is tangible … What this exhibit can do, has done, that I can’t do, is that it creates, through art, a human experience.”
Richard Bennett, UN Special Rapporteur @SR_Afghanistan on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, reflects on Where Justice Lives and the experience of encountering the gravity and scale of gender persecution in Afghanistan.
Where Justice Lives is an exhibition on the gender persecution of women and girls in Afghanistan, bringing together different forms of evidence and lived experience to document what has been lost, what is being restricted, and what is at stake. The exhibition brings this documentation into conversation with photography, testimony and sound, making visible how these restrictions shape everyday life.
Where Justice Lives Exhibit
Atelier Jolie
57 Great Jones St, New York, NY 10012, US
16–26 September | Free Entry
Presented by @drops_afg and ConneXus Collaborative.
Sponsored by @OpenSociety and @ODI_Global
#WhereJusticeLives #AfghanWomen #GenderPersecution #Accountability #StandWithAfghanWomen #DROPS #AngelinaJolie #AtelierJolie
DROPS retweeted
The tragedy of Afghan women is also a reflection of how underrepresented, and often comparatively powerless, women remain in the global decision-making arena. They often gather, listen, advocate, and issue statements of solidarity, but major policy decisions are still overwhelmingly made and implemented by their male counterparts in democracies and non-democracies alike.
One telling observation: while the Presidents of the United States and China discussed bilateral and global affairs in Washington, their first ladies visited a museum for a cultural program. There is value in cultural diplomacy, but the contrast was striking: the men sat at the policy table, while the women were given the traditional diplomatic role of culture and hospitality. They did not even convene a parallel gathering to advocate for the rights of women and children globally.
It is a small but symbolic reflection of how far women still have to go to achieve equal representation at the tables where consequential decisions are made.
At Where Justice Lives, Afghan women's-rights activist @parwananijrabi shares her experience of protesting for women's rights following the Taliban takeover—and surviving imprisonment and torture for refusing to be silenced.
Her testimony is a reminder that Afghan women's resistance continues, even in the face of extraordinary danger.
Presented by @drops_afg and ConneXus Collaborative.
Sponsored by @OpenSociety and @ODI_Global
#WhereJusticeLives #AfghanWomen #GenderPersecution #Accountability #StandWithAfghanWomen #DROPS #AngelinaJolie #AtelierJolie
DROPS retweeted
After months of continuous work and activism, seeing this photograph suddenly took me back to those exact moments.
These were not simply tears of happiness. They were something deeper than a woman’s tears. In that moment, I felt a profound sense of pride a realization that the dignity, courage, and pride that the Taliban have spent the past five years trying to erase from Afghan women could never truly be broken.
We were there. We spoke. We testified. We stood together.
And despite everything they have tried to take away from us, we are still standing, still telling our stories, and still demanding justice, dignity, and freedom.
@OfficialMariamS
@ShaharzadAkbar
@drops_afg
@HRDPlusNetwork
@rawadari_org
These photographs bear witness to the People’s Tribunal for Women of Afghanistan in 2025. They capture the quiet preparation, the courage of survivors as they shared their testimony, and the moments of care and healing that followed. Each image honours women who endured Taliban brutality simply for standing up for their rights, dignity, and freedom.
Photographs by Meha Desai
Where Justice Lives Exhibit
Atelier Jolie
57 Great Jones St, New York, NY 10012, US
16–26 September | Free Entry
Presented by @drops_afg and ConneXus Collaborative.
Sponsored by @OpenSociety and @ODI_Global
The New York presentation has closed, but the work remains within reach. Explore Where Justice Lives online through photographs, testimony, documents, sound, and words.
Visit wherejusticelives.com — and follow along to see where the exhibition travels next.
Presented by @drops_afg and ConneXus Collaborative.
Sponsored by @OpenSociety and @ODI_Global
#WhereJusticeLives #AfghanWomen #GenderPersecution #Accountability #StandWithAfghanWomen #DROPS #AngelinaJolie #AtelierJolie
As part of Where Justice Lives, @ZainabSalbi moderated a conversation at Atelier Jolie with @parwananijrabi and @OfficialMariamS, discussing the gender persecution of women and girls in Afghanistan and the urgent question of accountability.
Their conversation reflected on lived experiences, the human rights violations taking place in Afghanistan, and what meaningful international accountability and solidarity requires now.
Thank you to @ZainabSalbi, @parwananijrabi, and @OfficialMariamS for this important conversation, and to everyone who joined us.
Where Justice Lives Exhibit
Atelier Jolie
57 Great Jones St, New York, NY 10012, US
16–26 September | Free Entry
Presented by @drops_afg and ConneXus Collaborative.
Sponsored by @OpenSociety and @ODI_Global
#WhereJusticeLives #AfghanWomen #GenderPersecution #Accountability #StandWithAfghanWomen #DROPS #AngelinaJolie #AtelierJolie
As part of Where Justice Lives, @parwananijrab, an Afghan survivor, joined @ZainabSalbi and @OfficialMariamS in conversation at Atelier Jolie to discuss the gender persecution of women and girls in Afghanistan and the urgent question of accountability.
Their conversation reflected on lived experience, what has been documented and placed on the record, what remains at stake, and what meaningful international solidarity with Afghan women requires now.
Thank you to @parwananijrab, @ZainabSalbi, and @OfficialMariamS for this important conversation, and to everyone who joined us and listened.
Where Justice Lives Exhibit
Atelier Jolie
57 Great Jones St, New York, NY 10012, US
16–26 September | Free Entry
Presented by @drops_afg and ConneXus Collaborative.
Sponsored by @OpenSociety and @ODI_Global
#WhereJusticeLives #AfghanWomen #GenderPersecution #Accountability #StandWithAfghanWomen #DROPS #AngelinaJolie #AtelierJolie
At Where Justice Lives, Afghan women's-rights activist @parwananijrabi shares her experience of protesting for women's rights following the Taliban takeover—and surviving imprisonment and torture for refusing to be silenced.
Her testimony is a reminder that Afghan women's resistance continues, even in the face of extraordinary danger.
Presented by @drops_afg and ConneXus Collaborative.
Sponsored by @OpenSociety and @ODI_Global
#WhereJusticeLives #AfghanWomen #GenderPersecution #Accountability #StandWithAfghanWomen #DROPS #AngelinaJolie #AtelierJolie