☰
HomeLiving Beyond BordersGZERO WorldSignalIn 60 SecondsPuppet RegimeGZERO World PodcastContact UsAbout UsCareersPrivacy PolicyTerms

No place worse for women than Taliban's Afghanistan, says UN human rights chief

January 20, 2023
GZERO Staff
No Place Worse for Women Than Taliban-Run Afghanistan, Says UN Human Rights Chief | GZERO World

youtu.be

When the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in August 2021, there was some hope that they would reformed. Now it's clear they have not changed a bit.

And nowhere is that more obvious than in the Taliban's abominable treatment of women.

“There is no country in the world that treats women in the way that Afghanistan does and the Taliban do,” UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk tells Ian Bremmer on GZERO World, on the ground in Davos.

So, what can we do about it? Türk calls for "a unified stance that this is not part of the international order."

Watch the GZERO World episode: Russia's tragic brutality and the humbling of the West
From Your Site Articles

More from GZERO Media

Why cutting USAID will hurt American foreign policy

- YouTube

youtu.be

Ian's Quick Take: The US Agency for International Development is in the process of being shut down. Nearly all Washington staff have been put on leave, they're closing missions abroad, the State Department moving to evacuate all staff around the world. Why should we care? Does this matter?

Beijing and Brussels react to Trump tariffs

Stacked containers in American and Chinese national colors symbolize a trade war between the US and China.
IMAGO/Christian Ohde via Reuters Connect

China has retaliated against US President Donald Trump’s 10% tariffs with a range of strategic countermeasures, to take effect Feb. 10. Of greater interest are nontariff measures, including anti-monopoly investigations launched into Google and the placing of Calvin Klein’s parent company, PVH, on China’s “unreliable entities” list, limiting the brand’s operations there.

Senate hearings: Gabbard and RFK Jr. make it out of committee

Tulsi Gabbard, Trump’s nominee for Director of National Intelligence, testifies at a Senate Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, DC, January 30, 2025. She is a controversial nominee due to her previous suggestions of support for autocrats and U.S. adversaries, including the recently toppled Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad.
(Photo by Allison Bailey/NurPhoto)

AI pioneers share prestigious engineering prize

Bill Dally, Yann LeCun, and Yoshua Bengio, QEPrize, The Mall, London.
QEPrize/Jason Alden

On Tuesday, seven AI pioneers took home the 2025 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, a top award for groundbreaking innovations in science and engineering. They include Yoshua Bengio, Geoffrey Hinton, John Hopfield, Yann LeCun, Jensen Huang, Bill Dally, and Fei-Fei Li.

Putin trolls Europe about "the master" Trump

- YouTube

youtu.be

What does Putin mean when he says Europe "will stand at the feet of the master"? What's next for Panama after deciding to exit China's Belt and Road Initiative? How would a potential Turkey defense pact with Syria reshape power dynamics in the Middle East? Ian Bremmer shares his insights on global politics this week on World In :60.

About UsCareers PressContact Us Privacy PolicyTerms of Use
© 2020 GZERO Media. All Rights Reserved | A Eurasia Group media company.