Women

PUL-I-KHUMRI (Pajhwok): The Information and Culture Department of northern Baghlan provinces says about 2,000 women are busy making handicrafts in factories at . . .

MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): A female school student has established a rug-weaving workshop in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of northern Balkh province and . . .

MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Some shops at the all-women Khadijatul Kubra market in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of northern Balkh province, have been . . .

HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): A woman in western Herat province has hire many girls to learn enamelwork and keep alive the art of enameling, which has

The World Bank has allocated 16 million US dollars to support women’s businesses in Afghanistan by granting them loans.

MEHTHARLAM (Pajhwok): Five small factories have been opened to provide job opportunities to 140 needy women in the capital and three districts of eastern Laghman

The World Food Programme (WFP) has started providing tailoring training to women across Afghanistan to help them make a living.

Some female carpet weavers in northeastern Badakhshan province have complained about the lack of support from relevant institutions and said they sent newly woven carpets to Kabul for further processing. 

The new academic year has started across the country, with school doors staying closed for girls above the sixth grade.

Some mothers in southwestern Nimroz province said they aborted female fetus after ultrasound in order to protect themselves from violence back at home.

An Afghan human rights activist has won the International Women of Courage Award of the US State Department.

HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): A businesswoman in western Herat province has established a well-equipped tailoring workshop and has employed 40 poor women. Dresses of women, children,