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.
KUNDUZ CITY (Pajhwok): The Journalists Safety Committee (JSC) in northern Kunduz province says that Taliban did not allow female media staff to discharge their duties
HERAT (Pajhwok): Tens of women in western Herat province on Friday staged protest demanding the protection of their rights. They said women comprised half of
KABUL (Pajhwok): Some women activists in capital Kabul protested by raising placards to demand their educational, political and economic rights as according to them women
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Tens of women in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of northern Balkh province, on Thursday demanded of the government and the . . .
SHIBERGHAN (Pajhwok): Agriculture equipment were distributed among some women in northern Jawzjan province on Monday, an official said. The women, hailing the move, believed they
LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): At least 363 cases of violence against women were registered last year in southern Helmand, says the Department of Women Affairs. Director of
SHIBIRGHAN (Pajhwok): Dozens of women in northwestern Jawzjan province took arms on a motive to defend the country, warning the Taliban to stop violence or
JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Dozens of female civil society activists and women in eastern Nangarhar province on Sunday called on the Taliban to declare ceasefire and make
JALALABAD (Pajhwok): A handicrafts exhibition and a workshop on economic empowerment of women were held in eastern Nangarhar province on Tuesday. Fatana Aziz, director of
KABUL (Pajhwok): Hard-won rights of Afghan women and girls are under threat, a global watchdog says, referring to the limited involvement of women in peace
