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Blinken calls on Taliban to reverse ban on women working in NGOs
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Antony Blinken urged Taliban to reverse their decision of barring women from working in NGOs.
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Following Taliban's crackdown on women, German non-profit organizations su
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
After the Taliban banned women from working with NGOs, and international organizations from going to work, German non-profit groups have suspended their operations in Afghanistan, joining a long list of other humanitarian organisations that have done the same, Khaama Press reported.
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India has noted reports of suspension of access to universities for Afghan
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
India has noted reports of suspension of access to universities for Afghan women, and girls, as well as a ban on female employees of NGOs and international organizations from going to work with utmost "concern", India's Permanent Ambassador to UN, Ruchira Kamboj, said on Wednesday, adding
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Afghanistan: A no women's land
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Ever since the American forces left Afghanistan in August 2021, and the Taliban grasped power, the country gradually started to change into a prison for women.
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Education institutes face economic slump as Taliban suspends higher educat
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Out of 140 Private universities that are functional in Afghanistan, at least 35 are at risk of collapse as the educational institutes in the country are facing an economic slump following the suspension of women attending universities by the Taliban, Tolo news reported.
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End destructive policies against Afghan women, UN rights chief urges
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
On 24 December, the de facto authorities issued a decree banning women from working in NGOs, TOLOnews reported. This came after they had already suspended university education for women and secondary schooling for girls until what they termed further notice.
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NGO leaders say Taliban order to stop women to work in Afghanistan crosses
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
After the Taliban ordered a ban on NGOs employing women in Afghanistan, several humanitarian organizations like CARE and Save the Children have said that it has crossed a humanitarian red line, Khaama Press reported.
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Taliban's ban on women working for NGOs in Afghanistan 'self-defeating': O
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Secretary-General Hissein Brahim Taha on Sunday expressed his "exacerbated concerns" over the Taliban's order banning women from working in all local and foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Afghanistan. Taha described the ban on wome
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UNITED SIKHS organizes 'Galwakdi' to remember the Char Sahibzadas
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], December 26 (ANI/PNN): UNITED SIKHS, an international NGO organized 'Itihas Nal Galwakdi' (Embracing History) an event to remember the lives and martyrdom of Char Sahibzade at Sarabha Nagar market, Ludhiana here today. A large gathering of people comprising audienc
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'Taliban ban temporary, but impact will be extremely high': Afghanistan NG
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Following a decision by the Taliban regime to ban women from working at non-governmental organisations, four major international aid groups suspended their operations in Afghanistan on Sunday.
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Qatar expresses 'deep concern' over Taliban banning women from working in
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Qatar's Ministry of Foreign Affairs stressed the need to "respect women's right to work," and emphasised that the freedom to choose and accept work is a "human right."
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3 foreign NGOs suspend work in Afghanistan after Taliban ban women
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Foreign aid groups have suspended their work in Afghanistan in the wake of a recent decree by the Taliban, banning women from working in international and local non-governmental organisations (NGOs).
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