There was significant deterioration in women’s rights in 2023 due to edicts that further restricted access to education and employment, with a net result that women...
Mawlawi Abdul Kabir, political deputy prime minister, told a visiting delegation from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Sunday that female government employees have not...
Based on last year’s data, 52 percent of people with mental disorders in Afghanistan are women, the Ministry of Public Health said. However, after the Islamic...
The edicts of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) against women and girls are keeping Afghanistan poor and aid dependent, and forcing Afghan families to leave...
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the leader of Hizb-e-Islami, has said that is wrong to differentiate between men and women in the area of education. In a virtual conference...
The European Parliament on Thursday expressed concern over the humanitarian and human rights situation in Afghanistan, calling on the Islamic Emirate to lift restrictions on women...
Excluding Afghan women from decision-making processes deprives Afghanistan of any chance of emerging out of crises, the United Nations said on Sunday. “Excluding Afghan women from...
Afghanistan is losing more than $1 billion annually due to the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s (IEA) extreme decrees against women and girls, Rina Amiri, US special...
US Special Representative for Afghanistan Thomas West in a post on the occasion of International Women’s Day has said that the United States honors the tireless...
The issue of women’s rights in Afghanistan is a test for global community, Alison Davidian, Special Representative for UN Women in Afghanistan, said on Friday on...
Former president Hamid Karzai on the occasion of International Women’s Day once again called on the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan to reopen the doors of schools...
Benafsha Yaqoobi from Afghanistan is being honoured by the United States with an International Women of Courage award. Yaqoobi, who is visually impaired, worked for years...
The Islamic Emirate’s spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid on Friday called a recent report on Afghanistan by UN expert Richard Bennett a “propaganda.” UN Special Rapporteur on the...
UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, Richard Bennet, called on countries Thursday to initiate a case against Afghanistan at the International...
More than two-thirds of the U.N. Security Council’s members demanded Monday that the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) rescind all policies and decrees against women and...
The recent UN-sponsored meeting on Afghanistan reinforced that the international community remains largely united and committed to supporting the Afghan people, U.S. Special Envoy for Afghan...
At the Munich Security Conference 2024, foreign ministers from 12 countries expressed concerns that human rights of women and girls are being violated in Afghanistan. They...
On the occasion of International Day of Women in Science, UN Special Representative for Afghanistan Roza Otunbayeva on Sunday emphasized the importance of empowering women and...
Acting Minister of Public Health Qalandar Ebad has said that the country’s health sector needs 75 percent female workers to provide health services to women. Speaking...
UN experts on Friday expressed concern at numerous reports that scores of women and girls in Afghanistan have been arbitrarily detained and subjected to ill-treatment since...