Another thing that's more likely to harm you than terrorism or a criminal act while working abroad: sickness. Water-born diseases kill far more people in Afghanistan and places like it than the Taliban. Do whatever you need to do to keep yourself healthy. That may mean turning down food o...
TheTalibanbanned Afghan women from working at the United Nations inAfghanistanthis week, adding another restriction to the long list theTaliban has imposed on Afghan womensince retaking power in August 2021. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said any ban on Afghan women wor...
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ActionAid said that if women were banned from working with the group it would "prevent us from reaching out to half of the population that are already reeling from hunger". "ActionAid has made the difficult decision to temporarily halt most of its programmes in Afghanistan unti...
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Razia, a 23-year-old woman, runs a tailor shop in the Daman district of Kandahar in war-torn Afghanistan, where traditions usually do not encourage women to work outside the home. "I am trying to develop it (the tailor shop)," Razia said,...
She was active in working for women's rights, including women's suffrage. Lockwood overcame many social and personal obstacles related to gender restrictions. After college, she became a teacher and principal, working to equalize pay for women in education. She supported the movement for world ...
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemns the Taliban's decision to ban Afghan women from working with the UN in Afghanistan, said a UN spokesman.
AfghanistanIn 2005, Afghan women accessed in previously unseen numbers both houses of parliament. They are now working as parliamentarians in decision making, policy making, and legislation making, engaging with their voters, constituencies, the public in general, and the media. At the same time,...
Salma Yusufzai, the head of Afghanistan Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry, acknowledged that working under Taliban rule is a challenge. The chamber has almost 10,000 members, but female representation is lacking within the Taliban-controlled administration. ...
UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- The UN mission in Afghanistan has reported that the Taliban is prohibiting unmarried women or those without a male chaperone from working or accessing services, a UN spokesperson said Monday. The allegations made by the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (...