Exclusive: Women feel left behind in tech knowledge
KABUL (SW) – Majority of the women interviewed by Salam Watandar said they have no or very little knowledge of the technology in their day-to-day lives.
Category: WOMEN’S RIGHTS
Women with disabilities: Battling stigma and acceptance challenges
“Life has never been easy for me, and I’ve never been able to get by it. This leg has been the greatest hardship of my life,” says Zohra, who lost one of her legs at the age of two due to a landmine explosion left behind from the war.
Exclusive: Afghan female artists continue to shed light on the plight of women
KABUL (SW) – Despite numerous challenges and restrictions, at least 22 women poets and writers from across Afghanistan in a series of interviews with Salam Watandar, said they continue to highlight the plight of the females through their writings and poems.
Female public servants fear starvation amid salary cut row
KABUL (SW) – A number of women who are busy working in government offices have told Salam Watandar that the proposed decree to lower salaries could put them at risk of starvation.
Women gripped by stress, health issues amid closure of parks, fitness centers
KABUL (SW) – In a series of exclusive interviews, Salam Watandar has found that an overwhelming number of women are gripped by stress and health issues amid closure of parks and fitness centers.
Exclusive: Women feel neglected by men at household chores
KABUL (SW) – In a series of interviews with 26 women across several provinces, 19 women said that their male family members do not assist them with household tasks especially during significant occasions like Eid that increases stress and feelings of being overlooked.
Exclusive: 90% of surveyed women own no property, assets
KABUL (SW) – The results of a survey conducted by Salam Watandar in 24 provinces with the participation of 370 women show a worrying situation of women’s ownership rights in Afghanistan.
Exclusive: Gauging women’s inheritance, ownership rights
KABUL (SW) – In this ongoing series of in-depth surveys, Salam Watandar has reached out to women and girls across the country to gauge their inheritance and ownership rights of property and assets at various stages of their lives.
Exclusive: Girls face brazen discrimination on right to choose for themselves
KABUL (SW) – A survey conducted by Salam Watandar with 36 young boys and girls in Kabul reveals that girls are more deprived of the right to choose than boys.
Exclusive: Afghan women turn to small businesses amid educational, work restrictions
KABUL (SW) – Educational and work restrictions on women over the past nearly three years have driven them to engage in various economic activities and businesses to regain a presence in society and achieve self-sufficiency.
Battling on two fronts: Tale of mothers working hard to earn a livelihood
KABUL (SW) – Young Afghan women are taking on the role of breadwinners by embroidering and balancing household duties with their small businesses.
Employment rate among Afghan women drops by 50%, UN says
KABUL (SW) – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Afghanistan announced that in the past year, the employment rate among women in Afghanistan has decreased by 50%, now standing at just 6%.
