Afghan women continue protest over ban on girls' schools

May 27, 2022

Kabul [Afghanistan], May 27 : Taliban forces suppress a protest by Afghan women on Thursday in regard to the ban on girls' schools nearing...

UN Chief "deeply alarmed" by Taliban's ban on university education for women

Dec 21, 2022

The statement of the UN Secretary-General comes after the Taliban announced its decision to ban university education for Afghan women.

Afghan economy impacted by ban on women working in NGOs: OCHA

Dec 25, 2023

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a report that the ban on women working in NGOs in...

Afghan women urges Taliban to remove ban on working in NGO

Jun 29, 2023

These women stressed that providing work opportunities for women is the responsibility of the Taliban. Mashhoda, who worked to support her family financially, said...

Defying ban, some Afghan women studying medicine 'underground'

Dec 30, 2023

A year after the Taliban banned women from studying medicine, many students have held onto their passion and are studying the subject in secret,...

Afghan women protest against Taliban ban on university education of female students

Dec 25, 2022

According to the videos circulating on social media, a group of women took to the street and marched around the province, chanting slogans like:...