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Parents call for reopening of Afghan girls’ schools

18th March, 2023 · admin · Leave a comment

Khaama: On Saturday, several parents and students urged the caretaker government of Afghanistan to reopen secondary schools for girls, which had been shuttered for the previous 544 days. Parents of the students expressed concern for their children’s future and urged the authorities to allow their daughters to return to school. Click here to read more

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Posted in Afghan Children, Afghan Women, Education, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Taliban war on women |
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Afghanistan Opens Four-Day Anti-Polio Vaccination Campaign

13th March, 2023 · admin

By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi March 13, 2023 Afghanistan on March 13 kicked off a nationwide anti-polio vaccination campaign for children under the age of 5, the office of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Afghanistan told RFE/RL. The campaign is the second since the Taliban seized power in August 2021. Before returning to power, the

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Posted in Afghan Children, Health News | Tags: Polio, Vaccination |
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UN: Taliban-Run Afghanistan Becomes World’s ‘Most Repressive’ Nation for Women

8th March, 2023 · admin

Ayaz Gul VOA News March 8, 2023 ISLAMABAD — The United Nations said Wednesday that Taliban restrictions on the rights of women and girls had “effectively trapped” most of them in their homes, turning Afghanistan into the “most repressive” country in the world for women. The U.N. statement marking International Women’s Day comes as female activists

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Posted in Afghan Children, Afghan Women, Education, Human Rights, Society, Taliban, UN-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Taliban war on women |
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ILO: Afghan Women Bear Brunt of Job Losses After Taliban Takeover

7th March, 2023 · admin

Ayaz Gul VOA News March 7, 2023 ISLAMABAD — The International Labor Organization said Tuesday that female employment levels in Afghanistan had fallen steeply since the Taliban took over the war-ravaged country. The ILO, in a new report, found that Taliban curbs on women’s activities and their ability to work had contributed to the decline. It

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Posted in Afghan Children, Afghan Women, Economic News, Education, Human Rights, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Taliban war on women |
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Public Universities Open, Female Students Not Admitted

6th March, 2023 · admin

Tolo News: Universities in the cold areas of the country started classes on Monday with the absence of female students. In December of last year, the Ministry of Higher Education announced that the female students are suspended from going to universities until further notice. The female students meanwhile expressed criticism over the closure of their

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Posted in Afghan Children, Afghan Women, Education, Taliban | Tags: Balkh, Life under Taliban rule, Taliban war on women |
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Niklasson: No Talk of Girls Returning to Classes in New School Year

5th March, 2023 · admin

Tolo News: The European Union special envoy for Afghanistan, Tomas Niklasson, said that the issue of girls’ schools was discussed with authorities, but he did not hear any commitment about opening classes for the new school year. Niklasson who is on a visit to Afghanistan, has met with several senior officials of the Islamic Emirate.

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Posted in Afghan Children, Afghan Women, Education, EU-Afghanistan Relations, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Taliban war on women |
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Ban on Women’s Work Causes ‘Food and Medicine’ Shortage in Afghanistan: Blinken

3rd March, 2023 · admin

Khaama: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken once again condemned the Taliban’s ban on female employees’ work, adding that gender-based restrictions will lead to a shortage of food, medicine, and other life-saving supplies, affecting vulnerable people including women and girls. The Secretary of State in a recorded speech sent to the United Nations Human Rights

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Posted in Afghan Children, Afghan Women, Economic News, Human Rights, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Taliban war on women |
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With Highest Maternal Mortality in Asia, Afghanistan Heading for Even Worse

24th February, 2023 · admin

Akmal Dawi VOA News February 23, 2023 Afghanistan has a higher maternal mortality rate than all its six neighbors combined, according to a World Health Organization report released Thursday, and experts say the maternal health crisis is feared to get worse. The landlocked country’s 620 fatalties per 100,000 live births is the highest in Asia,

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Posted in Afghan Children, Afghan Women, Economic News, Everyday Life, Health News, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Mortality Rates, Taliban government failure, Taliban war on women |
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‘I Have No Choice’: Cleared From The Streets, Kabul’s Poorest Go Door-To-Door In Search Of Alms

23rd February, 2023 · admin

By Nargis Momand Hasanzai Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty February 23, 2023 The Taliban has banned begging and rounded up thousands of impoverished Afghans seeking alms on the streets of the capital, Kabul, in recent months. But many of Kabul’s poorest are now going door-to-door around the city of some 5 million people in search of food

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Posted in Afghan Children, Afghan Women, Economic News, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Taliban government failure |
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Acute respiratory infections double as Afghanistan’s children face the harshest winter in a decade

21st February, 2023 · admin

UNICEF: Severe winter weather conditions, with temperatures well below freezing in most of the country, have increased the number of acute respiratory infections. More than 25,000 cases were reported in December 2022 – double the number of cases reported in December in the last three years. Children under five make up 65 to 75 per

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Posted in Afghan Children, Drugs, Health News | Tags: Drug Addiction |
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