Exclusive: Women artists among worst hit by the recent political, economic turmoil
KABUL (SW) – Women artists are among the worst hit by the recent political and economic turmoil in Afghanistan, but their miserable plight has hardly
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Afghanistan’s healthcare system is on verge of collapse, says HRW
KABUL (SW) – The Human Rights Watch (HRW) stated that most training for future female healthcare workers has stopped in Afghanistan following the Islamic Emirate’s ban on secondary education for women and girls.
Afghan single mothers in Pakistan in dire state
The plight of single Afghan refugee mothers in Pakistan is dire, with many facing the harsh social and economic realities and often enduring nights of hunger.
Exclusive: Of 30 women interviewed; 19 denied their due right of ‘Mahr’
KABUL (SW) – Salam Watandar has found in a series of exclusive interviews that a large number of women have been denied their right to ‘Mahr’ money after their divorce by husband or his family to them.
Exclusive: 84% of women subjected to domestic violence by women
Salam Watandar’s survey findings, based on responses from 412 girls and women across 26 provinces in Afghanistan, reveal that 84% of participants reported experiencing violence from the same gender (female). In contrast, 16% stated that they had never been subjected to violence by womn.
Exclusive: Salam Watandar gauges the level of violence faced by women
Violence against women is a term in which men are generally known as the perpetrators, and based on the definition of this phenomenon by the United Nations, any gender-based action that threatens the safety and health of women physically, sexually, and psychologically, is violence. However, as it seems, violence against women is not only caused by men, and this phenomenon includes wider dimensions such as the imposition of force and violence by women against women.
Israel-Hamas war: ‘Two mothers killed every hour’ in Gaza – UN
MONITOIRNG (SW) – On Friday, the UN Women’s agency said that two mothers are killed every hour in Israel’s war on Gaza.
Exclusive: Ambiguities surround public sector female employees’ right to work
KABUL (SW) – Ambiguities remain around the de-facto government’s stated public policy and actual actions regarding the female public sectors work rights and salaries.
Exclusive: Once surrounded by cheerful children, kindergarten teachers confined to homes
KABUL (SW) – Salam Watandar’s research based on interviews with 14 female kindergarten teachers, 12 of whom were employed in public kindergartens and faced dismissal in the last year, reveals that they are grappling with severe economic challenges.
OCHA: 23 million Afghans will require humanitarian aid in 2024
KABUL (SW) – The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warns that in 2024, approximately half of Afghanistan’s population will require humanitarian aid.
Empowering progress: 26,326 women join the workforce in public, private offices
KABUL (SW) – In the last nine months, nearly 110,000 people have been employed in public and private offices. The Ministry of Martyrs, Dicabled, and
Exclusive: Sixth grade graduated girls demand Islamic Emirate to reopen school gates
KABUL (SW) – After the de-facto government assumed power in Afghanistan, schools for female students above the sixth grade have been closed until further notice by Hebatullah Akhundzada, the leader of the Islamic Emirate. Over this period, female students in Afghanistan have successfully completed the sixth grade in three rounds, but they have been unable to continue their studies beyond this level.
