Health ministry vows to promote breastfeeding
KABUL (SW) – In connection with the “Breastfeeding Week”, officials at the Ministry of Public Health say that during the last one year, three million
Category: Women
Exclusive: Women in majority of the provinces have no access to healthcare
KABUL (SW) – The findings of Salam Watandar surveys conducted in 17 provinces of the country show that women in 13 of the provinces have
Exclusive: Motherhood compelling many to tolerate husband’s atrocities
KABUL (SW) – For their love of motherhood with their children, a number of women have to endure oppression and hardships inflicted by their husbands or
Six countries renew call for rights and liberties of Afghan women
MONITORING (SW) – Female foreign ministers from six countries have issued a joint statement calling for the immediate cancellation of the Islamic Emirate’s restrictions against
Female journalists in remote provinces hard hit by restrictions
KABUL (SW) – Although the extent of restrictions on the activities of female journalists and media workers is not the same in all provinces, these
Working women desperately want to return to their jobs
KABUL (SW) – The working women forced to stay home after the restrictions imposed on them want to return to their jobs. Sahar Rahimi, a
Women attorneys faced with a grim future
KABUL (SW) – A number of female defense attorneys say that not being allowed to work for the last one and a half years has
Call for dialogue between women and the Islamic Emirate authorities
MONITORING (SW) – The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has reiterated the need for dialogue between women and the Islamic Emirate authorities. UNAMA
EU envoy meets Afghan women activists
MONITORING (SW) – On the eve of holding a meeting titled “Assembly of Afghan Women Leaders” in Brussels, Josep Borrell, the EU foreign policy envoy,
“Reopening of girls schools is not a matter of days”
KABUL (SW) – Officials of the Ministry of Education told “Government’s Accountability to the Nation” that the ministry is working on a specific plan to reopen girls’ schools above the sixth grade.
A year of the Islamic Emirate rule described as a ‘dark era’ for Afghan women
KABUL (SW) – After one year of the Islamic Emirate rule in Afghanistan, Afghan women are still living under a lot of restrictions and misery.
“88% of minor girls are forced to marry by their families”
MONITORING (SW) – One year since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, an economic crisis, crippling drought and new restrictions have shattered girls’ lives, excluding them from society and leaving them hungry, with a quarter showing signs of depression, according to a new report by Save the Children.
