Webinar: Legal Commitments, Systemic Violations: A Comprehensive Analysis of the Taliban and CEDAW Obligations in Afghanistan (2021–2025)
April 8, 2026, 10:00–11:00 a.m. ET

This webinar will launch the Feinstein International Center’s new report, a first-of-its-kind analysis measuring Taliban governance against CEDAW’s Articles.
PANELISTS:
Dyan Mazurana (report co-author)
Research Professor, Fletcher School of Global Affairs and Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University
Sima Samar (report co-author)
Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Fletcher School of Global Affairs, Tufts University
Former Chair, Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission
Former UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Sudan
Rangita de Silva de Alwis
Member, UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
Richard Bennett
UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan
Farid Hamidi
Former Attorney General of Afghanistan