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Yalda Royan ((Persian/Dari/Hazaragi: یلدا رویان) is a leading women's rights activist and human rights defender from Afghanistan and a member of the Hazara ethnic group.[1] She holds a master's degree in gender and women's studies from Kabul University.[2] Before the collapse of Afghanistan's republic at the hands of Taliban, she worked as as gender advisor for varies government and non-government organizations, such as the World Bank, DAI Global, and Asia Foundation. She also worked as the head of the Department of Connection and Provincial Relations of the Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG) - the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan from which she resigned after more than a year due to mistreatment and rampant discrimination against minorities, especially the Hazara employees within the department.[3][4] After the collapse of the Afghanistan government in August 2021, she was evacuated to the US with her two teenage daughters. In exile, Royan continues her activism against the systematic oppression of minority groups, especially the Hazara people and women under the Taliban de facto regime. She is the country team lead for the feminist organization VOICE Amplified[5][6] as well as the founding member of Afghan Women's Advocacy Group in exile.[7] She is currently part of a movement emerging among Afghan women in exile who are advocating for the recognition of gender apartheid as a crime under the under international law in order to combat institutionalized violence and oppression against women the Taliban regime.[8][9][10][11]
External links
UN Security Council Briefing on Afghanistan by Yalda Royan
Don't Turn Away: The Crisis Facing Afghan Women and Minorities | Opinion
Confronting Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan through International Law
Yalda Royan on BBC World News re Taliban’s Ban on Afghan Women's Work for NGOs
References
- ^ Morford, Janet (2023-09-07). "Refugee Voices: Yalda Royan advocates for action to end legal limbo for Afghan evacuees". Episcopal Migration Ministries. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
- ^ "Combatting Gender Apartheid: The Situation of Women & Girls in Afghanistan". Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
- ^ Hash-e Subh (February 24, 2021). "Complaints of discrimination in Independent Directorate of Local Governance must be investigated". Hash-e Subh Daily. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ رونق, جلیل (2021-02-21). "استعفای یلدا رویان؛ «رییس ادارهی ارگانهای محلی در مقرریها قومی عمل میکند»". اطلاعات روز (in Persian). Retrieved 2024-06-16.
- ^ Davis, Charles R. "A year after the Taliban's takeover, Afghanistan has become 'a cage for Afghan women,' activist Yalda Royan says". Business Insider. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
- ^ Yalda Royan (2022-12-29). Yalda Royan on BBC World News re Taliban’s Ban on Afghan Women's Work for NGOs. Retrieved 2024-06-16 – via YouTube.
- ^ DiBenedetto, Laurie (2021-01-26). "Afghan Women Must Be at the Center of All Future Peace Talks". VOICE Amplified. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
- ^ "End Gender Apartheid". End Gender Apartheid. Retrieved 2024-06-17.
- ^ "Confronting Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan through International Law | ASIL". www.asil.org. Retrieved 2024-06-17.
- ^ Karima, Bennoune (2022). "The International Obligation to Counter Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan" (PDF). Columbia Human Rights Law Review (54): 43.
- ^ Afghanistan International (2024-03-12). سخنرانی یلدا رویان، کنشگر حقوق بشر در نشست مبارزه با «آپارتاید جنسیتی». Retrieved 2024-06-17 – via YouTube.