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Taliban to Set Guidelines on Women’s Aid Work in Afghanistan: UN

27th January, 2023 · admin

Ariana: The acting Afghan authorities told a top UN official that they plan to draw new rules to let women in Afghanistan work in a few humanitarian operations. While talking to the BBC, Martin Griffiths said that the Taliban officials he spoke with in Kabul had given him “encouraging comments” even though the government has

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Posted in Afghan Women, Economic News, Taliban, UN-Afghanistan Relations |
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Deputy UN chief says Taliban only concerned about ‘recognition’

26th January, 2023 · admin

Ariana: The UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed, who has just wrapped up a two week trip to Afghanistan and the region, told reporters in New York on Wednesday that she had tried to get the voices of Afghan women heard at all her meetings with Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) [Taliban] officials. According to her,

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Ban on NGO Female Employees Will not be Lifted: Taliban Minister

25th January, 2023 · admin

Khaama: Mullah Mohammad Abbas Akhund, the Acting Minister of Disaster Management of the Islamic Emirate has said the decree banning women employees from working for NGOs will not be lifted, and the international community should respect the Islamic culture of Afghanistan. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Afghan Women, Economic News, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Taliban war on women |
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Cancer Cases on Rise in Afghanistan amid Crumbling Health System

24th January, 2023 · admin

Khaama: The existing data show that the number of cases in Afghanistan has been increasing compared to last year, officials said. Most of these cases were breast cancer among women. At the same time, men mainly had throat cancer, and the reasons were the use of chemicals, lengthy wars and the use of different weaponry

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Posted in Afghan Women, Health News | Tags: Afghan Women's Health, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Polio |
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Ban on University Education Contradicts Islamic Teachings, Says Iranian FM

24th January, 2023 · admin

8am: Iranian Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said that the ban imposed by the Taliban on university education for women contradicts Islamic teachings. The Foreign Affairs Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran expressed this issue on Tuesday, at the meeting of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) Council of foreign ministers. Click here to read more

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Posted in Afghan Women, Education, Iran-Afghanistan Relations, Muslims and Islam | Tags: Taliban War on Muslims, Taliban war on women |
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Q&A: Malala Yousafzai Says World Should Stand by Afghan Women

24th January, 2023 · admin

Nazrana Ghaffar Yousufzai VOA News January 23, 2023 WASHINGTON — Malala Yousafzai says that the world should come together to support the fundamental rights of Afghan women. The Nobel Peace Prize Laureate said in an interview with VOA that the people of Afghanistan, Muslim countries and the international community should stand with Afghan women in their

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Posted in Afghan Women, Education, Interviews | Tags: Malala Yousafzai |
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ICC under increasing pressure to suspend Afghanistan

23rd January, 2023 · admin

DW: The inexhorable rise of the Afghanistan men’s cricket team since 2000 has been lauded as a heartwarming story of triumph amid war, occupation, poverty, repression and regime change. However, following the Taliban’s return to power in August 2021 and the subsequent ban on female participation in sport or exercise, as well as the loss

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Posted in Afghan Sports News, Afghan Women | Tags: Cricket |
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Afghanistan professor on girls’ education: ‘Men must stand up for women’

23rd January, 2023 · admin

BBC News: “I call on fathers to take the hands of their daughters and walk them to school, even if the gates are shut.” Professor Ismail Mashal, who runs a private university in Kabul, says he has had enough of the restrictions women face in Afghanistan. Slender and well dressed, he is a mixture of

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Posted in Afghan Children, Afghan Women, Education, Human Rights, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Taliban war on women |
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Despite Taliban Ban, Secret Schools Educate Afghan Girls

22nd January, 2023 · admin

Sarah Zaman VOA News January 22, 2023 WASHINGTON — Every morning, in one of the poorest neighborhoods in Kabul, Afghanistan, girls secretly gather in a house to study, something that millions of girls around the world do freely. As the global community marks International Day of Education on Tuesday, Afghanistan is the only country where girls

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Posted in Afghan Children, Afghan Women, Education, Everyday Life, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule |
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Absence of Female Specialists: The Health Sector is “Paralyzed” in Ghor

21st January, 2023 · admin

8am: The shortage of medicines and the lack of doctors, particularly gynecologists, are causing concern among citizens in Ghor. Complainants said that only two female doctors are available in the central hospital of Firuzkoh city. Residents also claim that the lack of a gynecologist has made women feel uncomfortable, as they are not receiving the

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Posted in Afghan Women, Health News | Tags: Ghor, Life under Taliban rule, Taliban government failure |
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