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In Afghanistan, Replacing Shame With Understanding on the Topic of Menstruation

19th February, 2019 · admin · Leave a comment

Undark:  Saina Hamidi, a psychological counsellor in Kabul, Afghanistan, says she was around nine years old when she first heard mention of women who bleed. Her older sister had come across one of their cousins washing bloodied clothes and told their mother about it. “I overheard my mother reprimand my sister for talking about it

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Posted in Afghan Women, Health News, Society |
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HRW: Prosecute Abuse of Women Football Players

7th February, 2019 · admin · 3 Comments

HRW: Afghan authorities should fully investigate and appropriately prosecute the sexual assault claims by 20 members of Afghanistan’s national women’s football team, Human Rights Watch said today. The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), football’s world governing body, should assist and monitor Afghan government prosecutions and promote justice for the victims, protection of witnesses, and safety

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Posted in Afghan Sports News, Afghan Women | Tags: Cricket, Keramuudin Karim, Sexual Assault, Women's football |
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Afghan Taliban Open To Women’s Rights — But Only On Its Terms

7th February, 2019 · admin · 1 Comment

By Frud Bezhan Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty February 6, 2019 With increased talk of peace in Afghanistan, the Taliban is projecting itself as a more moderate force, pledging to grant women their rights and allow them to work and go to school. The Taliban said in a February 5 statement that it was committed to guaranteeing women

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Posted in Afghan Women, Human Rights, Society | Tags: Fawzia Koofi |
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Afghan investigators to travel to Europe over abuse allegations in women’s football team

27th January, 2019 · admin · Leave a comment

1TV: Afghan investigators have completed domestic probe over allegations of abuse in women’s football women and are set to travel to Europe for further probe, a spokesman for the country’s attorney general said Sunday. Five officials including AFF president Keramuddin Karim were suspended by Afghan authorities with world soccer governing body FIFA imposing a 90-day

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Posted in Afghan Sports News, Afghan Women | Tags: Keramuudin Karim, Sexual Abuse, Women's football |
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FIFA rejects Keramuddin Karim appeal against ban

16th January, 2019 · admin · Leave a comment

1TV: FIFA has rejected suspended head of Afghanistan football federation Keramuddin Karim’s appeal against a provisional ban. Football’s international governing body had imposed the three-month ban on Karim in mid-December after senior figures linked to the Afghan women’s team had alleged that some players had been sexually and physically abused by him and other officials. Click

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Posted in Afghan Sports News, Afghan Women | Tags: Keramuudin Karim, Sexual Abuse, Women's football |
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Women Launched a Tomato Paste Production Company

14th January, 2019 · admin · Leave a comment
Posted in Afghan Women, Economic News |
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Afghan Grandmother Feeds Family Of 10 By Weaving Carpets

12th January, 2019 · admin · Leave a comment

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 12, 2019 Akramullah Karam Frud Bezhan MAYMANA, Afghanistan — Bibi Fatemah hunches on the cold concrete floor of a basement, hand-knotting an Afghan carpet. The 75-year-old is frail, and the work is exhausting. But the grandmother has no other option but to work after becoming the sole breadwinner in her

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Posted in Afghan Women, Economic News, Everyday Life | Tags: Afghan Rugs / Carpets, Faryab, Poverty |
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More Than 60,000 Addicts Exist In Herat Province

11th January, 2019 · admin · Leave a comment

Tolo News: Counter-narcotics department of Herat province said that more than 60,000 addicts exist in Herat province of which 13 percent are females. The department said that despite the high number of females addicts in the province there are only three treatment centers for them, which have 150 beds available. Click here to read more

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Posted in Afghan Women, Drugs, Health News | Tags: Drug Addiction, Herat |
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Govt Appoints New Representative To UN

31st December, 2018 · admin · Leave a comment

Tolo News: President Ashraf Ghani appointed Deputy Foreign Minister Adela Raz as Afghanistan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, replacing Ambassador Mahmoud Saikal. Raz has studied law, diplomacy and economic development in the United States and has experience working in a number of government institutions. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Afghan Women, Political News | Tags: Adela Raz |
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Afghan Officials Accused of Sex Abuse by Female Athletes Barred From Traveling Abroad

28th December, 2018 · admin · Leave a comment

Ayaz Gul VOA News December 28, 2018 ISLAMABAD — Authorities in Afghanistan have placed a foreign travel ban on five senior officials of the country’s football federation, including the head of the organization, citing an ongoing investigation into allegations the men sexually abused players on the women’s national soccer team. Friday’s move comes a day after

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Posted in Afghan Sports News, Afghan Women | Tags: Keramuudin Karim, Sexual Abuse, Women's football |
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