Gender-Equal World is Critical for Progress: Sohini Bhattacharya

New Delhi [India], October 10: Breakthrough, an organization making gender-based violence unacceptable by...

WFP to provide assistance to people across Afghanistan

The Asian Development Bank earlier announced that it approved USD 400 million in grants to protect the welfare and...

Amnesty urges France to facilitate visa issuance for Afghan women

In a recent move, Amnesty International has launched a campaign to urge the French government to facilitate the...

UN calls for putting pressure on Taliban to ensure women’s rights

Mohammed while speaking at a press conference, said that the situation of women and girls is getting worse day by...

'International community has betrayed Afghan women': Richard Benn

Amid the worsening women's rights situation in Afghanistan, the UN special rapporteur for Afghanistan, Richard...

Australian High Commissioner Philip Green visits DCW

DCW Chairperson apprised the Australian High Commissioner of the work of the Commission and various programs being...

Asian Development Bank allocates USD400 million for Afghans 

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced on Wednesday the allocation of USD400 million to protect the livelihoods...

Afghanistan "will be very much on the agenda" of 78th UNGA meet

Following the deteriorating situations in Afghanistan, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday said that...

Afghan women seeking ways to restore 'hope'

Amid strict restrictions on women in Afghanistan under the Taliban, many creative women and girls in the country are...

UN experts decry Iran's proposed hijab law

A potential draft legislation in Iran that would cement harsh sanctions for women and girls who do not wear a...

"Gender apartheid" in Afghanistan': former UK PM 

Former United Kingdom Prime Minister Gordon Brown called the treatment of Afghan women and girls "gender apartheid"...

Taliban denied Afghan women and girls their right to education

In the report, HRW said that Afghan women have been denied the right to education, employment, and social...