{
  "id": 379757,
  "title": "Women's Day: President Cyril Ramaphosa speaks out against the Taliban's ban on Afghan women",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/womens-day-president-cyril-ramaphosa-speaks-out-against-the-talibans",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-09T13:20:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/south-africa/2026-08-09-womens-day-president-cyril-ramaphosa-speaks-out-against-the-talibans-ban-on-afghan-women/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On the 70th anniversary of the 1956 Women's March, President Cyril Ramaphosa condemned the Taliban's ban on Afghan women from attending secondary school and participating in public life. Former child education advocate Malala Yousafzai, who survived a Taliban assassination attempt, praised the 1956 marchers and urged South Africa to support Afghan women. The ban deprives about 2.2 million Afghan girls of education, and the United Nations Children's Fund warns a loss of over 25,000 women teachers and health workers by 2030. Ramaphosa emphasized that South Africa understands the consequences of laws that limit people's rights and called the Taliban's actions a form of gender apartheid.",
  "summary": "At the Union Buildings, President Cyril Ramaphosa condemned the Taliban's exclusion of Afghan women from education and public life, alongside Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Dawn - Pakistan",
        "title": "Pakistan rejects Afghan Taliban claims of weapons smuggled into Afghanistan as 'frivolous, baseless'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/pakistan-rejects-afghan-taliban-claims-of-weapons-smuggled-into",
        "published": "2026-08-09T14:45:29.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "SABC News",
        "title": "Women still don’t have equal share of SA’s wealth and land: Ramaphosa",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/women-still-dont-have-equal-share-of-sas-wealth-and-land-ramaphosa",
        "published": "2026-08-09T17:00:41.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "IOL",
        "title": "Malala Yousafzai inspires at Women's Day event in SA, as Ramaphosa speaks against Afghan women's exclusion",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/malala-yousafzai-inspires-at-womens-day-event-in-sa-as-ramaphosa",
        "published": "2026-08-10T05:07:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}