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 and women’s employment continue.
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 .
QALA-I-NAW (Pajhwok): Education experts in northwestern Badghis province have asked the ‘Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’ (IEA) to allow girls to go to schools and put
KABUL (Pajhwok) The United Nations in Afghanistan has reiterated its unequivocal condemnation of a decision by the de facto authorities to ban Afghan . .
ATLANTA (Pajhwok): In an attempt to lift curbs on women workers, the United Nations says it is engaged with the caretaker Afghan government. A spokesman
ATLANTA (Pajhwok): Following the ban of the interim government on the Afghan female staff of UNAMA, the UN Security Council held an emergency meeting on the
KABUL (Pajhwok): US secretary of state Antony Blinken has urged the Islamic Emirate to put the Afghans first and reverse the decision barring women from
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Shopkeepers are pleased with the establishment of the women’s special bazaar “Khadijatul Kubra” in northern Balkh province, but they complain about lack of
MAIMANA (Pajhwok): Zainab, a 17-year-old girl from northern Faryab province, who has made a replica of the Hazrat Ali Shrine, urges the government to reopen
NEILI (Pajhwok): Kubra Haideri, principal of a girls’ high school in this capital city of central Daikundi province, has dedicated her life to educating children,
