Afghanistan: Taliban asks beauty salon owners to close

Following the Taliban order to ban beauty salons run by women in several provinces across Afghanistan, the Director...

Afghanistan: Women makeup artists protest ban on beauty salons

More than 60,000 women in Afghanistan are at risk of losing their jobs after the Taliban ordered the closure of...

Afghanistan: Women's Integrated Services and Facilities Centre

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)...

Doha agreement excludes women from political engagement: HRW

The Doha agreement is less transparent and also excluded Afghan women from political engagement to a great extent,...

UN report highlights discrimination against women in Afghanistan

"One of the most illustrative examples of the systematic discrimination against women and girls in Afghanistan today...

Afghan women raise concern over lack of market for their product

Many Afghan women noted a decline in the market for their handicrafts over the past two years and emphasized the...

'More than 2.5 million Afghan girls deprived of education'

More than 2.5 million girls are deprived of education in Afghanistan, US Special envoy for Afghan women, girls and...

Women selling second-hand clothes in Kunduz ask for training

"If they provided work, or a tailoring workshop, we would be happy. Why not tailoring? It is good and has a good...

Afghanistan women start kitchen with takeaway food service

In the face of Taliban prohibitions on employment, a group of Afghan women and girls in the province of Herat have...

Afghans demand access to education and work for girls, women

Afghans have demanded that girls and women be granted access to education and work in the country. This comes amid...

Afghan women face many challenges since Taliban returns to power

Afghanistan's women have faced numerous challenges since the Taliban returned to power in 2021. Girls and women in...

Afghanistan: Female students seek to study abroad

Female students have said that they have applied for scholarships abroad for virtual and campus institutions....