Category: Women
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Five Employees of Women’s and Children’s Rights Research Organization Released from Taliban Custody After 68 Days
Zarqa Yaftali, the head of the Women’s and Children’s Rights Research Organization, says that five employees of this organization have been released from Taliban custody after 68 days of detention. Ms. Yaftali, in a statement, said that Sultan Ali Rahimi, Hamed Siddiqi, Sayem Hazim, Qadir Hamidi, and Bismillah were released from Taliban prison on Tuesday,…
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UN allocates $1.7 million to support Afghan women entrepreneurs
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has announced that under a new program, it will allocate $1.7 million to support women business owners in Afghanistan. The agency said on Sunday, September 27 (Mizan 5) that the plan is expected to cover approximately 1,500 women entrepreneurs over the next year. The goal of this program is…
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Aid Cuts; UN: Afghan Women’s Organizations Are One After Another on the Path to Closure
The reduction of foreign aid has pushed organizations led by women and women’s rights defenders in Afghanistan into a financial crisis; a report from the Women’s Section of the United Nations shows that out of every five organizations surveyed, about four face the risk of closure. This report was prepared on Tuesday, September 29, based…
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