Launch of the Experts Declaration on Gender Apartheid: Supporting Afghan Women Under Taliban Rule

An event to honor 5 years of Afghan women's struggle against the Taliban

August 13, 2026

Virtual Webinar

12:00 PM – 1:30 PM ET

Speakers include:

Chairing: Zubaida Akbar (leading women's rights and civil society activist from Afghanistan)

Zarqa Yaftali (Founder and Executive Director, Women and Children Research and Advocacy Network)

Ambassador Manizha Bakhtari (Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to Vienna and International Organizations; Former Chief of Staff for Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan)

Professor Hannah Garry (Clinical Professor of Law, Faculty Director, Gilbert Global Justice & Human Rights Center, University of Southern California Gould School of Law)

Professor Karima Bennoune (Lewis M. Simes Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School and Former UN Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights (2015–2021))

Video address by Professor Penelope Andrews (John Marshall Harlan II Professor of Law and Director, Racial Justice Project, New York Law School; Former Dean of the University of Cape Town Faculty of Law (2016–2018))

* Other speakers to be confirmed