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Afghanistan women start food takeaway service amid work restrictions by Ta
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
In the face of Taliban prohibitions on employment, a group of Afghan women and girls in the province of Herat have established a kitchen and started a catering business to support themselves, TOLOnews reported.
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Girls in Afghan province of Balkh call on Taliban to reopen schools
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
As Afghan girls continue to remain deprived of education under the Taliban regime, girls in Balkh province have once again called out the de-facto authorities to reopen schools for them and let them learn, TOLOnews reported.
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Critical assistance cannot reach women, children in need: EU special envoy
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Regarding the situation of women in Afghanistan, EU Special Envoy Tomas Niklasson said that the prohibition against Afghan women working for NGOs is challenging fundamental principles and is having severe consequences, as critical assistance delivered by such organisations cannot reach women
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Afghanistan: Female students urge Taliban to open schools yet again
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Female students in Afghanistan have urged the Taliban once again to let them attend schools as schools above grade 6 in Afghanistan have been closed for females for over twenty months now, TOLOnews reported.
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Barred from schools, universities female students start own businesses in
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Due to the Taliban-imposed ban on access to education for female students in Afghanistan, some have launched their own enterprises in order to support their families, economically, TOLOnews reported.
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Afghan girls, barred from education, turn to Madrassas to learn religious
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Afghan girls have turned to madrassas (religious schools) to learn the religious sciences since the country's closure of schools for girls above the sixth grade, TOLOnews reported.
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Afghanistan: Taliban forbids women from taking part in Eid celebrations in
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
In another harsh restriction, the Taliban has prohibited women from attending Eid celebrations in two provinces of Afghanistan, Khaama Press reported.
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Afghan clerics calls on Taliban to ensure access of education to women in
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
As Afghan females continue to suffer under Taliban's hardline regime, religious clerics of the country have called upon the Taliban to ensure access of educational opportunities, TOLOnews reported.
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OIC calls on Taliban to revisit ban on Afghan women UN staff from working
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has called upon the de-facto authorities of Afghanistan to once again revisit the ban on Afghan women staff of the UN agencies in the country from working, TOLOnews reported.
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Women start own enterprises in Afghanistan amid restrictions on employment
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
After losing their jobs to the Taliban's hardline policies, several former female employees in government institutions have started their own enterprises, TOLOnews reported.
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Women look for 'solutions' amid rise in domestic violence in Pakistan
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Similar to the situation of minorities in Pakistan, the women of the country face discrimination and mistreatment. Due to the rise in domestic violence cases in the country, many have now called for 'solutions'.
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Afghanistan: Taliban shuts women-run radio station for playing music durin
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
In another repressive move, a women-run radio station in northeast Afghanistan has been shut down for playing music during the fasting month of Ramzan, Al Jazeera reported on Monday.
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