Shahrzad Akbar: The People's Court's ruling has opened new avenues for supporting Afghan women

Elaha Thu Oct 2026 4 hours ago 25

Akbar said that the ruling of the People's Tribunal can now be used as a document in discussions on human rights violations and women's rights in Afghanistan, and it has become a tool for seeking justice. According to her, this document also demonstrates that the Taliban's policies and actions toward Afghan women are not in line with Islam.


She added that the tribunal process has drawn more organizations and academic figures to support Afghan women and has opened up new opportunities for forming coalitions.


Akbar also announced that the tribunal's ruling will be taken to Indonesia for exchange of views and experiences with individuals who have worked on Islam and women's rights for years; individuals who have previously engaged with topics such as gender equality in Islam.


In Akbar's view, one of the ways to resist the Taliban is to challenge this group's ideological perspective on women. She said the Taliban views women as beings whose primary role is childbearing and serving men, and based on this perspective, it questions women's rights to education, attending university, and employment. She emphasized that this mindset must be challenged in various arenas, and the struggle for women's rights should not be limited solely to the International Criminal Court and the International Court of Justice.


Akbar concluded by calling on various groups, including environmental activists, the refugee movement, Islamic academic figures, and feminists, to join the efforts to support Afghan women.


She said Afghan women are facing a "great enemy," and for this reason, their network of allies must be as expansive as possible. According to her, the People's Tribunal ruling has now lent greater credibility to justice-seeking efforts, and activists, alongside survivors' narratives and testimonies, have an official document at their disposal that records the situation of Afghan women.



Shahrzad Akbar, head of the Oversight Institution, stated at the first anniversary meeting of the People's Tribunal for the Women of Afghanistan in Madrid that the tribunal's ruling has strengthened the position of women's rights activists and created opportunities for finding new allies and confronting the Taliban's ideology. The tribunal was held last year in Spain, and a number of human rights activists attended its anniversary ceremony on Thursday.

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