KABUL (Pajhwok): The Attorney General Office (AGO) on Tuesday said a man who sexually assaulted a minor girl in Faryab province has been sentenced to 20 years in jail while 3,000 cases of violence against women were addressed so far this solar year...
KABUL (Pajwok): Civil society organizations on Tuesday asked the international community not to stay silent about the increasing level of violence in Afghanistan amid ongoing intra-Afghan talks in Qatar. Representatives of 12 civil society groups...
KABUL (Pajhwok): Women held gatherings in various provinces on Sunday including Kabul to announce their support for the Islamic republic system. The gatherings took place at a time when ‘republic’ and ‘emirate’ are important points of discussion in...
KABUL (Pajhwok): Nearly eighty percent of Afghanistan ’s peace meetings since 2005 left women completely out, a new report has found. The joint report by Oxfam, Cordaid, and Inclusive Peace said as intra-Afghan peace talks were under way in Doha,...
KABUL (Pajhwok): A man, who beat two sisters in Kabul, has been arrested, the Ministry of Interior said on Tuesday One of the sisters had told Pajhwok Afghan News that she and her sister were beaten amid a security protocol for first vice president...
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU) and the UN Women have underlined Afghan women’s participation in the peace process. On International Day of Peace, which was celebrated on Monday, the two sides launched a case...
GARDEZ (Pajhwok): A number of women on Wednesday staged a rally in Gardez, the capital of southeastern Paktia province, and asked the Taliban and the government not to further delay intra-Afghan talks and be serious in this critical movement. They...
KABUL (Pajhwok): President Ashraf Ghani has signed a decree on creation of a women high council, the Presidential Palace said on Thursday. The statement said the women high council would work in collaboration with domestic and international partners...
KABUL (Pajhwok): Women ’s rights activists on Monday said they wanted lasting peace, the republic system, women’s greater role in governance and protection of the Constitution. Afghanistan achieved much during the past two decades in areas of...
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Afghanistan Women Network has asked the UN, the OIC and NATO to break their silent on recent deadliest attacks in Afghanistan and demanded the US impose ceasefire a condition in its agreement with the Taliban . Sixty-four people...
PUL-I-KHUMRI (Pajhwok): Hundreds of women and civil society activists at a gathering in northern Baghlan province demanded protection of women rights during the peace talks. Addressing the gathering, gender affairs in charge at the Governor House...
KABUL (Pajhwok): Some female journalist on Saturday demanded their representation in peace talks with the Taliban . Wahida Faizi, Gender Director of the Afghan Journalists Safety Committee (AJSC), while addressing a gathering here said: “ Women...
KABUL (Pajhwok): A panel discussion in the Australian Embassy in Kabul on Thursday discussed ways in which the next generation of women shapes a gender equal future for Afghanistan . The theme of the panel discussion was “Kicking goals, taking...
KABUL (Pajhwok): As many as 7,000 cases of violence against women , including 37 murder incidents, have been registered nationwide this solar year , an official said on Thursday. Dilbar Nazari, women affairs minister, said this at a conference -- “...
KABUL (Pajhwok): More than 7,000 cases of violence against women , including murder and rape, have been registered this year in the country, officials said on Sunday.
KUNDUZ CITY (Pajhwok): Women ’s employment in government departments has increased by 20 percent in northern Kunduz province, thanks to public awareness programs and ensuring work safety, an official said Wednesday. Nasibi Holgar, the Women Affairs...
KABUL (Pajhwok): Nearly 650 women died during childbirth complications in the first nine months of 2019, the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) said on Saturday, calling the figures worrisome. Naveed Shams, head of HMAS Department at the ministry,...
HEART CITY (Pajhwok): An exhibition of handicrafts and other handmade goods of internally displaced women and refugee kicked off in western Herat province on Monday. Organizers of the event say a number of internally displaced and refugee women in...
FIROZKOH (Pajhwok): Violence against women has fallen by 33 percent during the ongoing solar yea in western Ghor province, an official said on Tuesday. Woman’s Affairs Director Halima Parestish told a gathering marking International Day of...
KABUL (Pajhwok): The importance of women ’s meaningful participation for sustainable peace is the focus of this year’s Global Open Days meeting on women, peace and security. Thirty women’s rights activists and gender equality advocates from...