Afghan women

KABUL (Pajhwok): Pajhwok Lidlowr — Vision — programme discussed women situation in Afghanistan   and protests held in Canada, US and UK for the support of

KABUL (Pajhwok): A US-based Diane von Furstenberg and The Diller-von Furstenberg Family Foundation has awarded the DVF award to 10 Afghan women who showed resilience

KABUL (Pajhwok): Afghan women who left the country as a result of last year’s chaotic evacuation process have expressed mixed views about their life, with

KABUL (Pajhwok): About 20,000 women of childbearing age, including 1,929 currently pregnant, are among those affected by the deadly earthquake that shook the provinces of

KABUL (Pajhwok): US Special Representative for Afghan Girls and Women Rights Rina Ameeri has discussed the current situation of Afghan women and girls with the

KABUL (Pajhwok): The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has expressed concern over the situation of Afghan women and girls, saying the country should

KABUL (Pajhwok): Afghan journalist and women rights activist Zahra Joya has been named Time Magazine’s women of the year. Joya’s photograph had been published on

Some women rights activists have staged protest against the violation of women rights and accused the UN for its silence in this regard asking the multinational body to pay attention to their demands.

KABUL (Pajhwok): Veteran women’s rights activist Mehbouba Siraj has urged the international community to fully support Afghan women as they face an unfriendly situation in

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

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): Tens of thousands of women have signed a petition in 15 provinces to ask the warring parties to declare a ceasefire and not