Women should be included in future of Afghanistan: UN

As Afghan women continue to live miserable lives under Taliban rule, the United Nations (UN) UN Women Executive...

Abu Dhabi Judiciary discusses women's rights protection measures

Participants at the Women's Empowerment and Role in Sustainable Development forum, organised by the Abu Dhabi...

Voices of Afghan women have been silenced: Amnesty International

Amnesty International said that the voices of Afghan women and girls have been silenced and their dreams have been...

Afghanistan: Residents of Kunduz criticise absence of schools

The lack of schools in the district's remote areas has drawn concern from the people of Kunduz province's Qala-e-Zal...

Afghanistan: Female shopkeepers in Balkh complain of poor sales

Female shopkeepers in the Balkh province of Afghanistan have raised concerns amid a drop in sales in their business,...

Clerics call upon Taliban to reopen schools for Afghan girls

"We ask the Islamic Emirate government to let girls get an education in accordance with Sharia law," TOLOnews quoted...

Afghanistan: Presence of people decreases in parks

Amid the Taliban hardline regime and strict restrictions, there are much fewer people visiting parks in Afghanistan...

Taliban continue to intensify repressing Afghan women, girls: HRW

Human Rights Watch has said that on the one hand, the Taliban continue to beg for recognition and foreign help,...

Taliban policies 'discriminatory': Report

As per the reports of Amnesty International, the harassment campaign of the Taliban to systematically repress Afghan...

'Ban on Afghan women NGOs disrupting humanitarian ops'

Even while aid organisations are still on the ground providing millions of people with life-saving assistance, the...

Women activists call for 'inclusion' in social life in Afghanistan

As Afghan women continue to suffer under the Taliban and are deprived of fundamental rights, some women activists...

Plight of Sikh women in Pakistan

While women in India have made great progress since their participation, their counterparts in Pakistan continue to...