Zahra Joya was named one of Time Magazine's Women of the Year in 2022. Right: Women wait for aid in Afghanistan. Photo: Time Magazine, AFP
It's two years since the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan and for the country's women, the time has passed with a slow but steady erosion of their human rights.
Despite promising in August 2021 to honour women's rights, the Taliban have introduced restrictions aimed at eradicating the presence of women outside the home.
They are banned from education after primary school, excluded from most jobs and unable to hold public positions.
They're barred from the gym, public parks and playgrounds and last month were told they could no longer go to the beauty salon - one of the last places women and girls were free to meet.
One of those determined to let the world know what's happening to women inside Afghanistan is Zahra Joya.
She was just a child when the Taliban took over in 1996 - and banned girls from going to school.
She dressed as a boy to get around the rule, with the support of her family.
Zahra escaped Kabul when the Taliban seized control in 2021 and runs her company, Rukhshana Media, from London.
Her efforts in giving a voice to the women who have been silenced earned her a place as one of Time Magazine's Women of the Year in 2022.
