Officials of the Department of Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (PVPV) in western Ghor province say that 655 cases of violence against women have been addressed in the past three years.
CHARIKAR (Pajhwok): After the suspension of girls’ high and university education, the number of females in religious madaris has surged by 65 percent in central
QALA-I-NAW (Pajhwok): A number of women in remote districts of western Badghis province have complained about lack of female doctors and asked the government to
ATLANTA (Pajhwok): The United States and European Union (EU) have called on the caretaker government to investigate the schoolgirls' poisoning incident in northern Sar-i .
ATLANTA (Pajhwok): Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has resumed operations with its female staff in southern Kandahar and some other parts of Afghanistan. NRC Secretary General
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Some women in northern Balkh province have started selling old clothes on a roadside while government officials said efforts were underway . .
QALA-I-NAW (Pajhwok): Entrepreneur Women in northwestern Badghis province have demanded support for their businesses during the launching of a special women bazaar in . .
HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): A female entrepreneur has established a food packaging company and a handcraft- centre, providing jobs for 130 women in western Herat province.
GHAZNI CITY (Pajhwok): The number of madrassas — religious schools — has increased recently by two fold comparing to the past in southern Ghazni province
KABUL (Pajhwok): The ‘Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’ (IEA) while partially welcoming recent UN Security Council statement urged the world body to respect Afghanistan’ sovereign choices
KABUL (Pajhwok): The UN Security Council (UNSC) has condemned the ‘Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’ (IEA) decision to ban Afghan women from working for the United
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Many girls and women have started weaving carpets in northern Balkh province after the ban on their high and university education remains imposed.
HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): Women entrepreneurs partaking in an exhibition in western Herat province say they need government’s support to promote their businesses. The exhibition .
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