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): US Special Representative for Afghan women Rina Amiri has discussed Afghanistan’s situation with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Jeddah, Saudi .
KABUL (Pajhwok): A book has been published about a dozen journalists killed in the past two years in different incidents of violence in Afghanistan. Baheja
KABUL (Pajhwok): After weeks of disappearance, four women activists have been set free by the Taliban, says the UN mission in Afghanistan. Identified as Tamana
KABUL (Pajhwok): Carrying a variety of vegetables on a handcart, a widow wants the Taliban government to ensure the security and well-being of the people.
KABUL (Pajhwok): A number of Afghan women attending a special session of the European Parliament have called for formation of an inclusive government and reopening
KABUL (Pajhwok): Former President Hamid Karzai has congratulated the runner-up of Afghan girls’ robotics team and hoped that the doors of all girls schools .
KABUL (Pajhwok): Data from 15 media outlets suggests the number of women journalists associated with them has declined by 50 percent since last August. Pajhwok
KABUL (Pajhwok): A group of UN human rights experts has said that the leaders of the "Islamic Emirate" in Afghanistan “are institutionalizing discrimination and violence
KABUL (Pajhwok): The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says over 10 million Afghan women and girls are in need of assistance
