The United Nations considers that the systematic deprivation of the rights of women and girls imposed by the Taliban in Afghanistan may amount to gender persecution, a crime against humanity. ”Located in a basement of the market in the Red Pol neighborhood of the Afghan capital, the library offered its “more than 400 members,” in an estimate provided by Basim, books on loan in four languages (Persian, Pashto, English and Arabic), as well as free workshops and training sessions on “women’s rights, politics, religion and other topics” twice a week, in order to “increase women’s knowledge. As long as we are alive, we will continue fighting for our rights and for equality