Seema Joyenda in an interview with Ariana News, says she prevented corruption in development projects when she was Ghor’s governor. Joyenda accused her deputy (Amin Tokhi) of being involved in fraud and irregularities in development projects. She says her deputy has embezzled more than $100 million in development projects. Tokhi denies the claims. Click here
Foreign Policy: Nilofar was in a taxi when the driver leaned back to grope her chest. Fereshta was walking home from work when a motorcyclist slowed down and grabbed her left breast. Mariam had been slapped so hard on her buttocks by a man in the bazaar that it left a bruise. Elaheh was at
Wales Online: SaddleAid, which is based in Tŷ Croes on Anglesey, initially designed and piloted the inflatable saddle in 2012 to help transport women in labour in the mountainous areas of Afghanistan after reading a story online. Click here to read more (external link).
AOPNEWS | December 20, 2015 Ghulam Naser Khaze, originally from Herat province, has been appointed as the new provincial governor of Ghor, according to Afghan media reports. Khaze replaces Seema Joyenda who was recently re-appointed as the deputy governor of Kabul. According to an Associated Press report, Joyenda was re-appointed after intense pressure and threats
Associated Press: After months of threats and pressure, one of the Afghanistan’s few women in public office was removed from her post as the governor (Seema Joyenda) of a remote province (Ghor) and given the job of deputy provincial governor of Kabul, an Afghan official said Thursday. Click here to read more (exernal link).
By Ganjinai Ganj and Farangis Najibullah Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 16, 2015 Nine months after her daughter was killed by a frenzied mob in Kabul, emotions are still raw for Hajera Bibi. Farkhunda Malikzada, 27, was beaten to death after being falsely accused of burning a copy of the Koran, and her body was run over
Ariana News: Research indicates that female inmates face serious problems in prisons; in addition to sexual harassments, the female prisoners do not have access to the lawyers. Click here to read more (external link).
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 14, 2015 Afghan authorities say a suspect has been arrested for alleged involvement in the stoning death of a 19-year-old woman accused of adultery in central Ghor Province. Ghor Governor Sima Joyanda told RFE/RL on December 14 that the man was arrested by police last week. The governor’s office identified
Global News: Munawar is the name she wants me to use: it’s not her real one because she’s afraid her in-laws will try to find her. Her story begins far from the safety of the women’s shelter where I first met her. Click here to read more (external link).
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty By Afifa Sakib and Frud Bezhan December 6, 2015 Long-standing tradition holds that being a virgin is required for brides in Afghanistan, and they are expected to prove it. One Afghan woman, speaking with RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan on condition of anonymity, says it is still customary in some areas of the country