United Nations Human Rights Council to hold an emergency meeting on Afghanistan
KABUL (SW) – The United Nations Human Rights Council is set to hold an emergency meeting on the situation of women and girls rights in Afghanistan.
Category: Women
International travel exemptions for Taliban officials end
KABUL (SW) – The international travel exemption for the officials of the Islamic Emirate endorsed by the US has ended.
Recommendations for the reopening of girls’ schools shared with Mullah Hebatullah
KBUL (SW) – The committee tasked with looking into the ways for reopening girls schools has shared its recommendations with the Islamic Emirate’s top leader.
Mother’s Day: Afghan women say their plight has worsened
KABUL (SW) – This year on Mother’s Day, Afghan women say their plight has worsened amid uncertain political and dreadful economic circumstances across the country.
Mass wedding ceremony held in Kabul
KABUL (SW) – At least 70 young couple got married in a mass ceremony organized by a welfare trust in Kabul on Monday.
Female entrepreneur trains women on handicrafts, tailoring
KABUL (SW) – Dozens of young females are getting trained on various skills of tailoring and other handicrafts at a workshop run by a woman in Kabul.
Pregnant woman falls in a deep well
KANDAHAR (SW) – Local sources in Kandahar told Salam Watandar that a pregnant woman fell into a 60-meter-deep well here.
Afghan women are facing a human rights crisis, says rights groups
MONITORING (SW) – Women and girls in Afghanistan are facing a human rights crisis, deprived of the fundamental rights to non-discrimination, education, work, public participation and health, said a group of 25 rights organization in a letter to the UN.
Women prevented from marching for rights
KABUL (SW) – Security officials of the Islamic Emirate prevented a group of women from staging a protest demonstration against curbs on their rights and freedoms.
Persistent closure of schools leave students hopeless
KABUL (SW) – Two months into the academic year, the persistent closure of the girls’ schools above grade six has left the students hopeless.
UN chief condemns spate of violence in Afghanistan
MONITORING (SW) – The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned the recent attacks in Afghanistan, which claimed many civilian lives, including members of the Hazara Shia community and at least 16 children.
Call for support for art, literature in the country
KABUL (SW) – The national congress of literary and cultural institutions was held in Kabul today with the participation of more than 300 people, including women from the fields of culture, literature and mass media from all over the country.
