Women

SHIBERGHAN (Pajhwok): A woman has opened a confectionery and has employed 15 other less fortunate females in her shop in Shiberghan, the capital of northern

Forty-five percent of female journalists in Afghanistan have called unemployment and staying at home the biggest challenge for them.

A businesswoman in northern Jawzjan province has established a tailoring workshop, hiring dozens of female workers.

MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).has established solar power systems for 15 factories owned by women at a cost of . . .

BAMYAN CITY (Pajhwok): Women’s interest in making handicrafts and marketing has increased in central Bamyan province and they seek government’s cooperation in selling their products.

A number of working women in the capital of northern Balkh province complain of a shortage of jobs and low wages.

KABUL (Pajhwok): Following the ban on girls’ high and university education, online courses for girls have been increasing, but students call online courses ineffective and

Women comprised half of the human society and are respected in Islam but still some people upon the birth of baby girl expressed disappointment, torture the mother of baby girl and even hand over divorce.

KABUL (Pajhwok): The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Government of Japan have launched a two-year project that aimed to strengthen women’s economic activity

FAIZABAD (Pajhwok): Some women entrepreneurs in northeastern Badakhshan province have been thrilled with the reopening improved business condition of small markets in the Eshkashim district

TALOQAN (Pajhwok): Some entrepreneur women in northern Takhar province have demanded the reopening of women handicraft market called Qaria-i- Ma Eftikhar e Ma — Our

KABUL (Pajhwok): The European Union (EU) has announced €140 million (nearly $150 million) in aid for education, healthcare, agriculture and women's economic empowerment in .