KABUL (Pajhwok): Fatima Shirzad, a woman who started her career 12 years ago with a capital of 10,000 afghanis by selling precious stones, is now
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.
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...
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.
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...
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...
The harsh winter in Kabul has posed serious challenges for female-headed households. These women say that, to keep their children alive in the bone-chilling cold, they heat their...
Farida Wakilzada, a young Afghan woman who learned the art of resin work while living abroad, is now using her skills in Afghanistan to produce decorative items and...
Several widows in northern Jawzjan province report that following the deaths of their husbands, they have been struggling with poverty and psychological distress, and are deeply concerned about...
The Ministry of Vice and Virtue and Hearing Complaints (MoVV) says it has addressed 3,413 cases related to women’s Sharia rights, including forced marriages, across the country over...
A number of women and girls in Afghanistan are using various social media platforms not only to acquire practical skills such as painting and weaving decorative items but...
