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Women & Girls

The Vital Role of Women in Herat’s Saffron Production Amid Challenges

Written By: Tabasum Nasiry Due to its favourable climatic conditions, Herat province stands as the largest saffron producer in Afghanistan. Reports indicate that approximately 80%...

Concerns grow over detentions of women and civil society activists in Afghanistan

Written By: Hakim Bigzaad International Amnesty has strongly condemned the continued detention of women's rights activists in Afghanistan, emphasizing that restrictions against girls and women...

World Student Day spotlights Afghan students’ struggles and challenges

World Student Day is observed annually on November 17th, marking a day of historical importance while shedding light on the issues affecting students worldwide....

UN chief links Taliban’s legitimacy to International commitments and comprehensive constitution

The UN Secretary-General's report to the Security Council says that sticking to international agreements and starting a comprehensive constitution process will improve relations with...

Special women’s exhibition opens in Kabul amid women’s restrictions

Written By: Tabasum NasiryThe "Khadijah al-Kubra" inaugural national and international exhibition for women, designed to empower and build a trade network for entrepreneurial women,...

Afghan poet Maryam Mitra wins Adelbert Von Chamisso prize in Germany

An Afghan poet, Maryam Mitra, has been awarded the Adelbert von Chamisso Literary Prize in Germany for her work "Life on the Margins." German media...

Life in darkness and poverty: A mother’s struggle and hopes

Written By: Zahra Rashidi Zalikha lives with her sick son in a humble and impoverished courtyard in one of the remote villages, where even the...

Educational Centers for girls shut down in Herat

Sources in Herat province report that the presence of girls in some educational centres has been prohibited due to the failure to comply with...

Nazia Hashimyar wins Democracy Prize 2023

Written By: Tabasum Nasiry The National Democracy Institute has announced that it will award the Democracy Prize for 2023 to Nazia Hashmiyar, an Afghan journalist....

Women to lead Herat Security Dialogue for the second consecutive year

Written By: Tabasum Nasiry The Afghanistan Institute of Strategic Studies has announced that women will lead the 11th round of talks at the Herat Security...

Shaharzad Akbar from Afghanistan wins the 2023 Friedrich Ebert Foundation Prize

Written By: Hakim Bigzaad Shahrazad Akbar expressed her mixed feelings about such awards, stating, "I have mixed emotions about these awards because Afghan women are...

Women’s life satisfaction hits global low in Afghanistan amid declining freedom: Gallup

On Friday, the Gallup Institute published the results of a recent survey about the situation of women in Afghanistan. The survey carried out in...

UN officials call for urgent action on women’s rights issues in Afghanistan

Written By: Hakim Bigzaad Amna Mohammed, the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, and Roza Otunbayeva, the head of UNAMA, called for immediate action on...

80 Afghan women graduated from vocational training workshop in Kabul

At least 80 women deprived of opportunities for work and education achieved a sense of empowerment after completing a six-month handicraft training program offered...

Farzaneh breaks barriers with online education initiative

Farzaneh Motamedi, a resilient teenager, has refused to succumb to the prohibition of girls' education. In defiance of this exclusion, she has pioneered online...

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