Malala Yousafzai: The pandemic is endangering long-term education for millions of girls
COVID-19 is keeping over 130 million girls out of school worldwide, and an estimated twenty million of them may never return to their classrooms once...
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Afghan women’s economic participation
By: Shukria Kohistani Women in Afghanistan, have seen many changes in their economic, social, cultural and poltical lives over the last many years. Women made...
The story behind International Women’s Day, and the theme for 2021
By: Neelanjan Chakraborty Year after year, March 8 is celebrated as the International Women’s Day the world over. It celebrates the social, economic, cultural, and...
Global representation of women in Parliament reaches 25.5%
By: Monitoring Desk KABUL: The Geneva-based Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) said that the global representation of women in Parliament reached a record high in 2020, however...
Concerns over threat of drought & climate change in Afghanistan
By: Shukria Kohistani Concerns over reduction of rainfall and arriving drought is increasing in Afghanistan. Based on prediction of the country’s meteorology department, the rainfall...
Women in Afghanistan worry peace accord with Taliban extremists could cost them hard-won rights
Three Afghan women who worked at a media company were gunned down in Jalalabad in early March. In January, unidentified gunmen killed two female Supreme...
Avalanche kills 16 in Badakhshan
By: The Kabul Times KABUL: At least 16 people were killed following a major avalanche in the Raghistan district in the northeastern province of Badakhshan...
Further efforts needed for political participation of women in Afghanistan
By: Shkuria Kohistani On the threshold of International Women’s Day, Afghanistan ministry of women affairs has stressed on capacity building and employment of Afghan women...
Red Cross, Red Crescent reach 35-year milestone of serving communities in need
By: The Kabul Times KABUL: After 35 years of humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan, the Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS), the International Committee of the Red...
Dozens Afghan women killed due to family violence in past year
By: Shukria Kohistani More than 130 Afghan women have been killed due to family violence in the past one year. This comes amid of increasing...