All posts tagged "Women"

علمای بریتانیایی: افغان‌ها غیرت صحابه را دارند

گروهی از علمای بریتانیایی که اخیراً به افغانستان سفر کردند، گفته اند که رسانه های جریان اصلی واقعیت‌ها در این کشور را کاملاً تحریف نموده اند....

We are committed to ensuring rights of women and girls: Nadim

Acting Minister of Higher Education Neda Mohammad Nadim says securing the rights of women and girls, especially their right to education, is one of the obligations...

HRW urges ICC to prosecute women’s rights violations in Afghanistan

Human Rights Watch (HRW) in a report on Friday called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to prosecute what it said was crime against humanity of...

UN praises Afghan women entrepreneurs’ economic activities

Marking World Entrepreneurs Day, the UN said Monday that it supports Afghan women entrepreneurs across Afghanistan and hailed their initiative to create jobs and contribute to...

Girls’ schools should be reopened for independence in real sense: Karzai

Former Afghan president Hamid Karzai in a message Saturday on the occasion of the 104th anniversary of the country’s independence from Britain, called on the Islamic...

Decrees against women become major point of controversy

Over the past two years, women’s rights have become a major point of discussion, and controversy, in light of dozens of decrees issued by the Islamic...

Stanikzai claims scholars differ over women’s right to education

Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, deputy foreign minister for political affairs, said on the second anniversary of the return to power of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan...

Japan’s envoy to Afghanistan engages with IEA on women’s rights

Japan’s ambassador to Afghanistan says he has been raising concerns about restrictions on women’s rights during meetings with the Islamic Emirate’s leaders. The Japanese embassy in...

Afghan universities ready to readmit women but only with IEA approval

Afghanistan’s universities are ready to readmit female students, but the IEA’s supreme leader has the ultimate say on when that might happen – if it happens...

Plans being worked on to allow women to return to work: IEA

Deputy Minister of Economy Abdul Latif Nazari says a plan is being drawn up for women to return to work and that the current restrictions on...

Karzai, German FM call for lifting restrictions on girls’ education in Afghanistan

Former Afghan president Hamid Karzai and German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock in a video call have stressed the need for lifting restrictions on girls’ education in...

Beauty salons banned because they offer forbidden services: IEA

Women’s beauty salons were banned in Afghanistan because they offered services forbidden by Islam and caused economic hardships for grooms’ families during wedding festivities, the Islamic Emirate of...

Women’s chamber to establish mechanism for women entrepreneurs

Afghanistan Women’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry (AWCCI) officials say they are trying to set up points of contact in all 34 provinces to assist women...

IEA’s recognition depends on treatment of Afghan women: US

The US State Department says Afghanistan government’s recognition depends on the behavior of the Islamic Emirate’s leaders towards Afghan women. Speaking in a press conference, the...

UN Security Council hears how IEA bans on women are ‘obscuring’ positive achievements

The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Roza Otunbayeva said on Wednesday that the bans affecting women and girls in the country were “obscuring” some of...

24 people including 8 children die in Sar-e-Pul traffic accident

At least 24 people died in a traffic accident on Wednesday in Sar-e-Pul province of Afghanistan, local officials said. Din Mohammad Nazari, the spokesman of the...

EU-Central Asia meeting calls for lifting bans on Afghan girls and women

EU and Central Asia special envoys for Afghanistan met Friday in Turkmenistan capital Ashgabat, where they also called on the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) to...

Iran, Indonesia voice support for female education in Afghanistan

Iran and Indonesia’s presidents on Tuesday voiced support for the right to education for females in Afghanistan and expressed commitment to help resolve the humanitarian crisis...

Saar: Ban on Afghan women working for UN discussed

IEA says restricting women from working with UN is ‘internal matter’

In reaction to the UNSC resolution condemning the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s (IEA) decision that bans Afghan women from working for the United Nations, IEA’s Foreign...