MONITORING (SW) – On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (EVAW), the United Nations in Afghanistan called on everyone for concrete actions to end violence against women.
KABUL (SW) – In the wake of the rise to power of the Taliban, the main public hospital for the treatment of drug addicts in Farah province is faced with lack of facilities.
KABUL (SW) – Months since the closure of girls schools across Afghanistan, the Taliban’s Islamic Emirate officials vow to resume education for girls ‘soon’.
MAZAR-E-SHARIF (SW) – An array of female journalists have quit their jobs following the rise to power of the Taliban.
KABUL (SW) – Women and girls took to the streets in Kabul on Thursday to raise their voice for rights and liberties.
MONITORING (SW) – The Group of 20 (G20) has agreed to work together to avoid a humanitarian disaster in Afghanistan, even if it means having to coordinate efforts with the Taliban, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said after hosting an emergency summit.
PUL-I-KHUMRI (SW) – There has been a significant drop in the number of female teachers in Baghlan province.
MONITORING (SW) – Since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan last month, they have made some commitments to uphold human rights. However, their subsequent actions have “sadly contradicted” those promises, the UN rights chief told a side event of the General Assembly on Tuesday.
KABUL (SW) – The Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahed has said that the now defunct Ministry of Women Affairs was just ‘symbolic’ with no service to the masses.
KABUL (SW) – The Taliban’s move not to allow female students return to school continues to be criticized by various segments of the society two days after the decision of the Ministry of Education of the Islamic Emirate.
