Women

KABUL (Pajhwok): The United Nations Human Rights Council is convening an urgent debate on Friday (July 1) to address the human rights of women and

BAMYAN CITY (Pajhwok): A local NGO has provided jobs for 550 females after they completed carpet-weaving training in central Bamyan province. ACEBA is a .

FAIZABAD (Pajhwok): Muzhda Tabish, one of three dismissed Badakhshan University lecturers, calls her sacking a politically-motivated move, but officials reject her claim as baseless .

NANGARHAR (Pajhwok): Five hundred less fortunate women in four districts of eastern Nangarhar province will get financial support to grow vegetables at home gardens, an

ZARANJ (Pajhwok): For the first time, a couple in southwestern Nimroz Province has launched a beautification and healthcare items business. Reza Gull with the support

NELLI (Pajhwok): The deteriorated economic condition has hampered the market of handicraft items in central Daikundi province which were famous in the past, an official

KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): The Vice and Virtue Department in southern Kandahar province has banned women from travelling alone in taxis. Maulvi Abdul Rahman Tayyebi, head

PUL-I-ALAM (Pajhwok): The Education Department in central Logar province says it will hire 847 new teachers to resolve the issue of staff shortage . .

MAZAR-i-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Tens of women in northern Balkh province have supported compliance with the hijab decree, calling it an Islamic order. Addressing a . .

ZARANJ (Pajhwok): SameeraNahtani is one of the thousands of Afghan women in southwestern Nimroz province who lost her husband in the past conflict and has