Category: Women

New girls’ school built in Sar-e-Pol

SAR-E-POL (SW) – A new girls’ school has been built in Sancharak district of Sar-e-Pol province.

Working female journalists grappling with economic woes

KABUL (SW) – The Afghanistan Women Journalist Association has shared findings of their survey about the state of affairs faced by the females in this

More and more girls studying midwifery in Ghazni

GHAZNI CITY (SW) – Following the banning of girls from education in the country, the interest of female students in Ghazni to study nursing and

Malnutrition spreading in Nangarhar

JALALABAD (SW) – Health officials in Nangarhar say that the number of children suffering from malnutrition has increased in this province. They added that 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

Lack of meaningful presence in the society left women face devastating consequences

KABUL (SW) – A number of women who have become unemployed in the last two years say that they have faced harmful economic, psychological and

Female students left out of ‘Kankoor’ devastated by the results

KABUL (SW) – On Monday, the National Board of Examinations announced the result of this year’s university entrance examination, which was held in an unprecedented

Anemia on the rise among women in Takhar

KABUL (SW) – A number of health officials in some clinics in Takhar say that in the past year, anemia has increased among women, especially

Exclusive: 77% women faced violence of different sorts

KABUL (SW) – The survey findings of the Salam Afghanistan Media Organization (Salam Watandar Radio) based on the interviews with 326 women in 27 provinces

Ban on beauty parlours leaves families in disarray

KABUL (SW) – Salam Watandar’s findings from interviews with 24 female hairdressers show that after the closure of women’s hairdressing salons, a number of female hairdressers