Farooq Yousaf and Bilquees Daud highlight the significant risk to women’s rights caused by the failure of the United States to include women in the so-called ‘peace deal’ signed with a male-dominated Taliban. As a consequence, the signs of regression immediately appeared in Afghanistan, and constitute a real threat.
Lecturer & Assistant Director, Centre for Afghanistan Studies, O.P. Jindal Global University
Upon fleeing the Afghan Civil War, Bilquees Daud lived as a refugee for 10 years.
She subsequently returned to Afghanistan and worked in the development sector.
She holds a Master’s degree from Germany and a BA degree from the American University of Afghanistan.
She has 15 years of working experience in governmental and non-governmental organizations, universities, and research centres, in Afghanistan and abroad.
