Category: WOMEN’S RIGHTS

20 women learn tailoring in Balkh

MAZAR-E-SHARIF (SW) – Officials at the Department of Labor and Social Affairs in Balkh say that the Turkish state-owned charity “Tika” in this province has provided

Exclusive: Women and girls seeking jobs, businesses facing rejections

KABUL (SW) – Findings by Salam Watandar indicate women and girls are getting their job applications rejected for no reasons in various sectors. According to

Exclusive: Rise in the number of women selling stuff on streets

KABUL (SW) – Salam Watandar’s findings from interviews with 21 women selling stuff on roads show that in the past two years (after the establishment

Exclusive: Sportswomen feel strangled by restrictions

KABUL (SW) -Salam Watandar’s findings from interviews with 20 female athletes in Afghanistan show that 17 of them want to migrate abroad due to the

Japan funds women’s economic development in Afghansitan

KABUL (SW) – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Government of Japan have launched a two-year project that aims to strengthen women’s economic activity

Exclusive: Suicides and murders of women on the rise

KABUL (SW) – The findings of Salam Watandar from the investigating 173 cases of murder and suicide of women after the recent developments in the

Exclusive: Women bearing brunt of the rising trend of polygamy

KABUL (SW) – Salam Watandar’s findings from interviews with 19 women whose husbands are polygamists show that these women do not have a satisfactory life and

Visually impaired women in Faryab feel neglected

MAIMANA (SW) – A number of visually impaired women in the city of Maimena, the center of Faryab, complained about the lack of jobs and professional

Mujahid says the UN is only focusing on “small issues”

KABUL (SW) – In response to the recent meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Afghanistan, Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesman of the Islamic Emirate,

Female passengers paying double fares for taxis

KABUL (SW) – A number of women in Kabul say that because of sitting in the front seats of small city cabs they have to pay

Exclusive: Outdated customs deprive women of inheritance rights

KABUL (SW) – During interviews with 17 women deprived of inheritance in the country, Salam Watandar found that these women have been deprived of their inheritance