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.
JALALABAD (Pajhwok): violence against women has declibes in areas where they have access to law and justirce, says the Nangarhar women’s affairs director. However, the
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Women rights activists in northern Balkh province say foreign forces withdrawal from Afghanistan before any peace agreement would be dangerous. Fareba Akbari, a
LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): A young woman, who has set up a library for women in southern Helmand province, says literate mothers raise educated children in society.
KABUL (Pajhwok): Two public development institutions of Qatar will finance a vocational training project for Afghan girls and women. The Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD)
KABUL (Pajhwok): Ninety-Seven percent of women in major economic hubs of Afghanistan have signaled that they would prefer a Gender-Segregated Transport (GST) service if made
KABUL (Pajhwok): Afghan women, making half of the country’s population, have equal stakes in the peace process, says the Ministry of Women’s Affairs. Women reserved
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) on Monday asked the government and Taliban to declare an immediate ceasefire. On the account of
HERAT (Pajhwok): A number of women rallied in western Herat province on Monday to mark International Women’s Day (March 8), saying Afghan women would .
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG) on Monday said female deputy governors would be appointed in 13 provinces in the next 20
