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Young Girl Commits Suicide in Ghazni Province Young Girl Commits Suicide in Ghazni Province
World Bank Providing 84 Million US Dollers in Assistance to Afghanistan World Bank Providing 84 Million US Dollers in Assistance to Afghanistan
Unemployment and Economic Hardships Faced by Women in Badghis Unemployment and Economic Hardships Faced by Women in Badghis
Women’s Reaction to the Death of Hora Sadat: Taliban Commits Targeted Killings of Women
A group of protesting women went to the grave of famous YouTuber Hora Sadat in response to the mysterious death of her in Kabul and issued a statement saying that the Taliban has been commiting targeted killings of women for the past two years. Hora Sadat died in a suspicious incident last week. Her family […]
Taliban Bans Women from Going to Band-e-Amir National Park in Afghanistan
BAMYAN, August 26 (Afghan Women’s News Agency) – Khaled Hanifi, the Minister for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, banned the presence of women in Band-e-Amir National Park during a junket to Bamyan Province. The Minister for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice of the Taliban told that in […]
Protesting Women: Taliban Should Cease Targeted Assassinations of Afghan Women and Girls
IRAN, August 28 (Afghan Women’s News Agency) – A group of Afghan immigrant women in Iran, in reaction to the mysterious death of famous Afghan YouTuber Hura Sadat, called for an end to targeted assassinations of women and girls by the Taliban during a protest gathering. Today, these women gathered in a closed space and […]
After Afghanistan, the teaching of male teachers in Iranian girls’ schools was also banned
Iranian media quoted the Iranian Ministry of Education as saying that male teachers were no longer allowed to teach in Iranian girls’ schools. Mohammad Mahdi Kazemi, an official of the Ministry of Education of Iran, said about the ban on teaching male teachers in girls ‘secondary schools: “We sent a letter on May 19 this […]
From family oppositions and suicide attempts to standing up against forced marriage
One cold winter day, we were sitting by the window in the sun, sipping freshly brewed cardamom black tea. With a deep look and an energetic smile, she started talking to me and wanted to tell everything that has happened to her so far. Her name is Fatima, but everyone calls her Faati. A girl […]
Should we re-brand virginity?
the term ‘virginity’ outdated – or even obsolete? Some experts argue we need a workable alternative to discuss our early sexual experiences. Feminists note virginity traditionally frames female sexuality as a treasure, gift or memento to be ‘given’ by women, ‘taken’ from them or simply ‘lost’. Sex educators note traditional narratives around virginity often fall […]
Girls excluded as Afghan secondary schools reopen
The Taliban have excluded girls from Afghan secondary schools after they ordered only boys and male teachers to return to the classroom. A statement from the Islamist group saying secondary classes would resume made no mention of girls or women. One Afghan schoolgirl told the BBC she was devastated. “Everything looks very dark,” she said. […]
My family is starving, I have to sell my daughter
Few items of Afghan lives are left unsold in Jada-e Maiwand. So fast is the rush to sell and flee or, more simply, to sell and survive amid the plug-hole gurgle of the country’s diminishing economy, that the heaving bazaar of personal belongings has spilled from its usual confines along the famed thoroughfare in the […]
A new order begins under the Taliban’s governance
The phrases have tripped off the tongues of the Taliban for quite some time. “We’re working to establish an inclusive government that represents all the people of Afghanistan,” promised Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar when he recently arrived in Kabul to start talks aimed at forming a leadership to move the movement from guns […]
Afghanistan: Shukria Barakzai’s whispered voice notes and dramatic escape
For Shukria Barakzai, 15 August seemed, at first, an unremarkable Sunday morning. A prominent journalist and politician, a former member of the Afghan parliament and ambassador to Norway, she was a frequent traveller. She already had a few bags packed, as she was due to fly to Turkey later that day for a brief trip. […]
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