Report in TOLOnews Online, March 19,2023 at 9:57 PMMore the 70 countries and EU representatives in a UN CSW statement said the ban on female education puts Afghan women and girls at increased risk of “gender-based violence, including child, early, and forced marriage” and it “undermines Afghanistan’s stability.” “In addition, the order barring female employees of national and international NGOs from the workplace means that millions of Afghans will be unable to access life-saving humanitarian…
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By Fatema Adeeb in TOLOnews online, March 17,2023 at 8:08 PMThe Organization of the Islamic Cooperation is to send a team of scholars to Afghanistan for dialogue on women’s education and work. Speaking on the first day of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s meeting in Mauritania, the Secretary General Hissein Brahim Taha said that the OIC will continue its efforts and dialogue with the concerned authorities in Afghanistan and in coordination with the International Islamic…
By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press Online, March 16, 2023An all-female commercial centre with 300 shops was opened in Mazar-e-Sharif City in the Balkh Province of Afghanistan. The centre has created business prospects for more than 120 Afghan females selling women’s products and manufactures, including cloths, cosmetics, handicrafts, confectionaries, and cellphone repairs. Earlier, a restaurant was opened by Rahela Yosufzai in Mazar-e-Sharif to encourage women to become self-sufficient. “Women can work; it is hard to…
report in TOLOnews, Mar 14, 2023 at 1:05 PMSeveral male tailors in Charikar, the capital of Parwan province, said that they had received verbal orders from officials of the department of virtue and vice prohibiting them from making clothing for women. Tailors said that with the closing of their shops, they are facing economic challenges. “10,000 Afs is the rent of the shop, there are student expenses, and we used to meet all our expenses…
report in The Daily Star, Mar 13, 2023On the banks of Brahmaputra river, Lalvanu Bewa and Mariom Begum start their day by collecting water in pitchers for cooking. It’s something they have been doing since childhood, just like women in over 100 families in Char Parbati area of Kurigram Sadar upazila. It’s a challenging and exhausting process to fetch water every day, but they have no other choice. As they return home with the heavy…
EDIT IN THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE, MAR 11, 2023The UN’s top official for Afghanistan is warning that the Taliban’s continuing failure to keep their promises regarding the rights of women and girls are likely to lead to reductions in aid delivered to the country. Roza Otunbayeva, special representative of the UN secretary general for Afghanistan and head of the UN’s assistance mission in the country, has noted that the Taliban continue to impose increasingly harsh conditions…
report in Daily Mirror online, Mar 8, 2023 at 09:23 pmPresident Ranil Wickremesinghe today said that three women were instrumental in helping Sri Lanka during its troubled period. “When reflecting upon those who contributed to freeing the people from the sufferings experienced during the past, I think it is important to mention the names of three women who played a significant role,” the President said addressing the International Women’s Day National celebration in Colombo. He…
By Banafsha Binesh in ToloNews, Mar 8, 2023 at 7:35 PMWomen held a protest in Kabul on International Women’s Day, calling for women’s access to education and work. The protestors called for the removal of restrictions imposed women in Afghanistan. “It is March 8 but women in Afghanistan have no rights to celebrate this day. We are the women who are imprisoned in the country. The restrictions are worsened day-by-day,” said Jolia Parsa, a member…
report in ToloNews, Mar 9, 2023 at 8:22 AMPaktika province has a population of 1.5 million peoople but just has three hospitals and two women doctors. Officials in this province said that due to the lack of female doctors, they have to appoint male doctors. Some residents of the province come to the hospital from far-off districts and called on officials to address their problems. Gul Bi Bi is a resident of Jhoshamand district and…
Report in Dawn, Mar 7th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The organisers of Aurat March on Monday presented a list of 60 demands, including an end to patriarchal violence, increased representation of women at all levels of decision-making concerning climate change, a reduction in the defence budget and increased allocations for health and education. These demands were presented by women’s rights activists, including Farzana Bari and Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir, before the media at a pre-march press conference at the…
report in The News, March 6th, 2023LAHORE: Caretaker Punjab Minister for Information and Culture Aamir Mir has said that on March 8 in Lahore, full security will be provided to the participants of the Aurat March by the police and the safety of women participating in the march would be ensured. The organisers of the march had demanded protection for participants of the march, to which the provincial minister assured the organisers that the government…