Women

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 .

KABUL (Pajhwok): The women must not be in a hurray about resumption of their education as the Islamic Emirate (IE) is committed to giving women

AIBAK (Pajhwok): About 300 women have been provided with work opportunities in northern Samangan province, the dried fruit trader association says. Abdul Khaliq, head of

MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajwhok): Hundreds of women are among about 3,000 people working in 60 tailoring centers in northern Balkh province. Sher Mohammad Sultani . . .

ZARANJ (Pajhwok): A woman in northwestern Nimroz province has established a doll making factory by initially investing just 2,000 afghanis. She says she will hire

MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): A woman has hired 300 poor women in her carpet and wool weaving workshop in Mazar-i-Sharif city of northern . . .

KABUL (Pajhwok):  UN Secretary General’s Associate Spokesperson Florencia Soto Nino has said the acting Afghan government’s move to stop Afghan girls from travelling . .

SHIBERGHAN (Pajhwok): A businesswoman in northern Jawzjan province has employed 70 other women and girls in her rug weaving and tailoring workshop. Marzia Rasouli, the

KABUL (Pajhwok): A number of female beauticians say they are struggling with economic problems after the closure of beauty parlors in Kabul and urge the