Draft:Yalda Royan
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Comment: References are mostly trivial mentions or written by the subject herself. The Business Insider article is the best in the draft, but even it is mostly a transcript of an interview. C F A 💬 22:15, 22 July 2024 (UTC)
Yalda Royan ((Persian/Dari: یلدا رویان) is an Afghan women's rights activist and human rights defender.[1][2][3] She holds a master's degree in gender and women's studies from Kabul University.[4][5] Before the collapse of Afghanistan's republic at the hands of the Taliban, she worked as a gender advisor at the Ministry of Women's Affairs (MOWA), Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development and Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG).[6][7][8][9] After the collapse of the Afghanistan government in August 2021, she was evacuated to the US with her two teenage daughters.[10][11] She is currently the country team lead for the feminist organization VOICE Amplified as well as a member of the Afghan Women's Advocacy Group in exile.[12][13][14] She recently founded the Sisterhood and Solidarity organization which focuses on amplifying the experiences of Hazara Afghan women and former members of the security services and advocating on their behalf.[15] Yalda is part of an Afghan women's movement in exile that advocates for the recognition of gender apartheid as a crime under international law in order to combat institutionalized violence and oppression against women under the Taliban regime.[16][17][18][19]
External links
[edit]- Royan's statement (43:12) at the United Nations Security Council Meeting on Afghanistan: UN Security Council Briefing on Afghanistan by Yalda Royan NGO Working Group On Women, Peace and Security
- Opinion piece by Royan: Don't Turn Away: The Crisis Facing Afghan Women and Minorities | Opinion Newsweek
- Talk: Confronting Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan through International Law American Society of International Law
- Opinion piece by Royan et la: Taliban leaders enforce brutal restrictions against women, except for their own daughters The Hill
- Royan's Interview with BBC Taliban's Ban on Afghan Women's Work for NGOs BBC World Service
- Article by Yalda Royan: It’s Been Two Years. Why Are Afghan Refugees Like Me Still in Legal Limbo? Slate Magazine
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ "Yalda Royan". NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security. Retrieved 2024-12-07.
- ^ "برنامه جدید آمریکا برای زنان افغان گفتوگو با یلدا رویان، فعال حقوق زنان". افغانستان اینترنشنال (in Persian). Retrieved 2024-12-07.
- ^ "Combatting Gender Apartheid: The Situation of Women & Girls in Afghanistan". Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
- ^ دوراندیش, ذبیحالله (2023-12-12). "برگزاری نشست مجمع زنان در شورای امنیت سازمان ملل متحد". Amu TV (in Persian). Retrieved 2024-12-07.
- ^ "Independent Directorate of Local Governance IDLG (Afghanistan)". Acted. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
- ^ United Nations (2022-03-15). Upholding Women's Rights in Afghanistan: An Urgent Moment for UNAMA Renewal | United Nations. Retrieved 2024-06-21 – via YouTube.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Read the story of an Afghan woman eager to advance in life who fled…". Their Story is Our Story. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
- ^ Royan, Yalda (2023-08-23). "It's Been Two Years. Why Are Afghan Refugees Like Me Still in Legal Limbo?". Slate. ISSN 1091-2339. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
- ^ DiBenedetto, Laurie (2021-01-26). "Afghan Women Must Be at the Center of All Future Peace Talks". VOICE Amplified. 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.
- ^ Giguiere, Molly; Yalda, Royan (2024-04-24). "Taliban leaders enforce brutal restrictions against women, except for their own daughters". THE HILL. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
- ^ "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.
Category:Women's rights activists Category:Afghanistan Category:Hazara people Category:Human rights activists