Women
Ghor women turn tailoring, embroidery into family lifelines
Mahtab, a woman who lost her husband in a landmine explosion eight years ago, has found a way to support her four children by learning tailoring...
Women
Women’s share in government jobs falls from 21pc to 17.7pc between 2023, 2025: UNICEF
The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) says Afghanistan risks losing up to 20,000 female teachers and 5,400 healthcare workers by 2030 as restrictions on girls’ education...
Features and Investigative Reports
Ghazni woman creates jobs for dozens of girls with tailoring workshop
A woman has established a tailoring workshop in southern Ghazni province, providing employment and training opportunities for dozens of girls.
Migration
17pc of Afghan returnee women earn income: UN report
A new United Nations report finds that only 17 percent of Afghan women returnees from neighbouring Iran and Pakistan are earning an income.
Women
Herat hosts exhibition showcasing Quran calligraphy, artworks
A number of calligraphy works, including a handwritten copy of the Holy Qur’an, have been put on display at an exhibition in western Herat province, officials said on...
Business & Economics
Ghazni women seek female-only market for handicrafts
A number of women engaged in handicrafts in southern Ghazni province say they are incurring losses due to the lack of a designated marketplace for their products, despite...
Women
Women farmers in Jawzjan power families, local economy
SHIBERGHAN (Pajhwok): In northern Jawzjanprovince, rural women, through work in farming, livestock rearing and dairy production, play a crucial role in supporting their families’ economies.
Features and Investigative Reports
Ramadan under shadow of poverty: Nimroz mothers struggle to feed children
While the month of Ramadan brings colourful iftar tables for many families, in some parts of Zaranj, the capital of northwestern Nimroz province, women live in conditions so...
Women
MoVV: Respecting women’s rights continuous Islamic obligation
The Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice and Hearing Complaints (MoVV) says it has addressed nearly 3,500 cases related to women’s Sharia rights.
Women
Afghan women nearly four times less likely to access justice: UN report
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has said that new findings by the United Nations (UN) indicate Afghan women are nearly four times less likely than...
Women
Jawzjan women’s sewing workshop doubles staff after Pajhwok report
The head of a women-only production workshop in northern Jawzjan, established to employ women returning from Iran and initially providing jobs for 60 women, says that following the...
