Women in the Parliament of Afghanistan

Women were able to be members in the Parliament of Afghanistan from the United States invasion of Afghanistan until the Fall of Kabul in 2021. Since then those who were elected have gone into hiding, many fleeing the country entirely.[1] Many of them were recognised as part of the BBC's 100 Women in 2021.[2]

History

There were 69 elected in the 2018 parliamentary election, but most of them currently reside in Greece as refugees.[3] They live in Athens in exile.[4][5]

List

References
  1. "Finding Afghanistan's exiled women MPs". BBC News. 2021-12-10. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
  2. "BBC 100 Women 2021: Who is on the list this year?". BBC News. 2021-12-07. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
  3. "'We will start again': Afghan female MPs fight on from parliament in exile". the Guardian. 2021-11-27. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
  4. "How Athens became the unexpected hub for Afghan women". POLITICO. 2021-11-22. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
  5. "Female Afghan MPs who escaped the Taliban launch new women's parliament in exile". The Independent. 2021-11-29. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
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