Women

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has announced the launch of three new programmes for Afghan women to increase their skills, training and job opportunities.

KABUL (Pajhwok): The US Department of State will hold a meeting with Boston University under the title “University Network for Afghan Women” next week, the

SHIBERGHAN (Pajhwok): A woman in northern Jawzjan province has employed 170 widows and needy women in her wool spinning and handicraft workshops. The workers are

KABUL (Pajhwok): US Special Envoy Rina Amiri has held a meeting with Deputy UN Secretary General Amina Mohammed and discussed support to Afghan women and human rights situation in Afghanistan.

SHIBERGHAN (Pajhwok): Women who sell handicrafts complain about the lack of a suitable place for their business in Shiberghan, the capital of northern Jawzjan province.

AIBAK (Pajhwok): Businesswoman Fatima Sherzad has expressed her concern about the future of her business due to the low-sale of  products she produces and asked relevant government authorities to support businesswomen.

Sewing machines and other tailoring materials have been donated to 200 less fortunate women in northern Baghlan province machines.

KABUL (Pajhwok): On the International Day of Education, some girls have asked the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) government to reopen girls’ school and universities.

HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): The only woman saffron exporter in western Herat province says the government should support and facilitate their participation in international exhibitions. She

A businesswoman in northern Jawzjan province has established a tailoring and rug-weaving workshop, hiring 100 female workers.

Some women with obstetric fistula have said that after suffering falling victim to the disease, they faced different types of violence from their husbands which caused them serious psychological and social defects.

The owner of only women restaurant in western Herat province said she helped generate work opportunities for a number of women by opening a restaurant.