"The clashes have also shattered the consensus among regional governments about the need to engage with the Taliban de facto authorities to promote stability in Afghanistan."
www.crisisgroup.org/stm/asia-pac...
"Au sommet, quelques grands groupes ayant tiré leur épingle du jeu produisent une information de qualité à destination d’un public privilégié. En dessous, un marécage numérique où les articles synthétisés automatiquement défilent sous les yeux du public."
www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2026/03/KOCH...
NEW COMMENTARY | Working around Restrictions: Afghan Women Build Businesses under the Taliban
With women’s rights curtailed, the private sector has emerged as one of the last spaces where women can attempt to cobble together a living.
www.crisisgroup.org/cmt/asia-pac...
Illustrated @crisisgroup.org 's latest report on Afghan women-led businesses, a lifeline and one of the last ways to engage the Taliban on women's rights. To read it:
www.crisisgroup.org/cmt/asia-pac...
“It’s like two men arguing over a house,” she said, “and in the end they burn it down while we’re still inside.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/w...
WeTransfer TOS says they can use all your uploaded content for genAI
Bye forever, WeTransfer.
GIRLTALKHQ: New Photobook Documents The Resilience Of Women And Girls In Afghanistan Under The Taliban www.girltalkhq.com/new-photoboo... @melissacrt.bsky.social #photojournalism #journalism #photography
I profiled lawyer Katerya Rashevska in @theguardian.com on Ukraine's fight to rescue the children stolen by Russia, with beautiful portrait by @emileducke.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Finishing the year in Afghanistan 🌄
THE VII FOUNDATION: No Woman’s Land: Behind the Scenes Documenting Women’s Rights in Afghanistan open.substack.com/pub/dispatch...? @theviifoundation.bsky.social @melissacrt.bsky.social #photojournalism #journalism #documentary
Our talk for the VII Foundation on our reportage about Afghan women's lives under the Taliban is now on their new Youtube channel. To (re-)watch it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zj3V...
@theviifoundation.bsky.social
"an hourlong bombardment of the notorious Evin prison, killed 80 people including prisoners, social workers and children. Israeli officials justified the attack as a blow against “oppression.” HRW and Amnesty International called it a likely war crime."
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/06/w...
‘The streets of Tbilisi are lined with new cameras. It’s unclear how the algorithm would differentiate between a protester and a passerby: I’ve taken up using side streets to avoid them.’
@melissacrt.bsky.social in Georgia, on the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/au...
‘After the election commission handed the party its fourth mandate, protesters took to the streets. The authorities responded at first with tear gas and mass detentions, before shifting to cleaner tactics.’
@melissacrt.bsky.social in Georgia, on the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/au...
'it just eats me alive.’
@melissacrt.bsky.social in Tbilisi for @lrb.co.uk
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/au...
Beijing and Harbin, July 2025
SIGAR's final report is out, concluding that the U.S. mission in Afghanistan failed to achieve its core goal of creating a free, stable, and democratic state, despite over $2 trillion in spending and the loss of 2,459 American lives.
www.sigar.mil/Portals/147/...
Ukraine sketchbook from my last trip there, earlier this year
I'll be in Sarajevo next week at the wonderful WARM festival to present our project No Woman's Land.
More info on the program: warmfoundation.org/festival/
I'll also be at the Festival des Libertés in October in Brussels: www.festivaldeslibertes.be/2025/fase6?e...
The feminist case for treating women’s bodies as instruments for other people’s agendas.
This is a great piece: (can share PDF)
Our project No Woman's Land, documenting Afghan women's lives under the Taliban, and published in the @theguardian.com, won an @amnesty.org International Media Award !
To read the piece: www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
@amnestyuk.bsky.social press release: www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releas...
Our project No Woman’s Land, documenting the lives of Afghan women under the Taliban, won a World Press Photo!
I wrote a behind-the-scenes account of how Kiana and I made our project No Woman's Land happen, interviewing 100+ women in Afghanistan in 2024.
Read it on the VII Foundation website: dispatchesviifoundation.substack.com/p/no-womans-...
The making of a photobook: after three intense days of editing, No Woman’s Land will soon exist on paper. More info + Kickstarter + website coming on 8 March!
We’re very keen to make the project accessible and educational, for schools to use, so a cheap version will come too (and the free website)
The recording of our talk on Documenting Women’s Rights in Afghanistan, for the VII Foundation, is now available on their website. In it, we deep dive behind the scenes on working as a duo, ethics, informed consent, security, and more.
To watch it: theviifoundation.org/resource/doc...
Les photos de notre projet No Woman’s Land sont en couverture de @lemonde.fr — beau travail que de réussir à parler des droits des femmes afghanes
