Afghan women leaders bring calls for justice and accountability to Canberra as Taliban rule enters fifth year

– Farkhondeh Akbari, Afghan human rights defender and women’s rights advocate. – Parisa Sekandari, Afghan women’s rights advocate. – Fatima Yousufi, Member of the National Afghan Women team and advocate for women’s rights. Farkhondeh Akbar, Afghan women’s rights advocate and research fellow, says:“Five years on, the Taliban have consolidated a system of gender apartheid in Afghanistan. Human rights defenders, journalists and civil society activists have also been silenced through intimidation, arbitrary detention and violence.