Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty March 8, 2017 Reporters Without Borders has launched a center to protect women journalists in Afghanistan, the second-most dangerous country for female reporters after Syria. The center will lobby for better working conditions and rights for women reporters, including combating discrimination in the workplace. It will also work to change perceptions
The Express Tribune: Unhappy with the work conditions, Homa Amiri Kakar left her job as a gynaecologist in a remote part of Afghanistan, only to return back because something that was upsetting her. “I am deeply unhappy that I left behind patients, especially women in remote villages – they are not in a situation where they
VOA News March 6, 2017 The Chinese martial art wushu, also known as kung fu, is taking hold in Kabul, thanks to Seema Azimi, a 20-year-old student. She is not only the sport’s first female practitioner in Afghanistan but also the first woman to operate a school teaching the fighting style. Amy Katz narrates this
Tolo News: Masuma Hassani has won the fifth round of Afghan Ski Challenge Tournament for girls which has ended in Bamiyan province. Freba Ahmadi and Fatima Nazari took second and third places respectively in the challenge in which 13 skiers participated. Three clubs from the province attended the five-day competition. Click here to read more (external
Tolo News: A women’s fitness club was opened in Kabul’s Khairkhana region on Sunday. This is the second fitness club for women managed by women. “We ask both women and men to care about their health, weight and beauty. Both need exercises in order to have good health,” said Shabnam Nazari, manager of the club. Click
Hekmat Sorosh VOA News / February 23, 2017 KABUL — At 21, Shagofa Alikozay is a bright woman who isn’t far removed from childhood in Afghanistan, which she illustrates with her photos, sketches and poetry. Her goal is to bring to light the challenges, problems and miseries of living in one of the world’s poorest countries,
Eater.com: On the side of a busy street in Kabul, Afghanistan, there is a restaurant that feels like an oasis away from the traffic jams, constant smog, and terrorist threats. Soothing piano music plays in the background as groups of young women enjoy traditional Afghan dishes. Bost, a restaurant for women — and entirely run by
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty : Brutal punishments often await Afghan women and girls who have relationships with men outside marriage — including public floggings, prison, and even death by stoning. One young Afghan woman who is believed to have broken that social norm paid the ultimate price last weekend when an armed mob that police
Noor Zahid VOA News February 12, 2017 Afghan provincial officials reported a rise in girls’ enrollment rates across eastern Nangarhar Province, despite constant attacks and threats by Islamic State and other militant groups in the area. “Of the 14,000 graduates last year, we had 3,000 girls. This year, 4,000 girls graduated out of the total
Hasib Danish Alikozai VOA News / February 3, 2017 WASHINGTON/KABUL — Gyms have grown popular in Afghanistan’s capital in recent years, but the country’s conservative culture meant that women could not use them with men. One female entrepreneur saw that as an opportunity, and five years ago opened Ladies World, a women-only exercise facility with modern