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Women

Kunduz women may not vote due to insecurity

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Ajmal kakar
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Sep 12, 2018 - 19:03
KUNDUZ CITY (Pajhwok): A number of women in northern Kunduz province say they may not vote in the Oct 20 Wolesi Jirga elections due to insecurity. They say the Taliban control most of the province’s areas, particularly Dasht-i-Archi and Qalazal...
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Concord state rep: Afghan woman beats seasoned rival

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Pajhwok Monitor
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Sep 12, 2018 - 14:39
KABUL (Pajhwok): An Afghan refugee woman has defeated her seasoned rival in the Democratic primary for a seat in the New Hampshire legislature, a media report said on Wednesday. Safiya Wazir, according to the Concord Monitor, beat District 17 State...
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Kabul meeting stresses women’s capacity-building

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Naheed Bashardost
On
Sep 02, 2018 - 21:22
KABUL (Pajhwok): Participants of a meeting on Sunday termed the existing policies regarding women ’s presence in government and private sectors as “ineffective” and urged Afghan-led polices in this regard.
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$5.6m Canadian project for Afghan women panned

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Pajhwok Monitor
On
Aug 28, 2018 - 15:19
KABUL (Pajhwok): A $5.6 million Canadian-funded project for boosting women 's capacity to influence decision-making processes has come in for flak. Launched by the Harper administration in 2013, Promoting Women's Political Participation in...
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Nazari wants public punishment for offenders of women rights

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On
Aug 11, 2018 - 19:31
KABUL (Pajhwok): Women Affairs Minister Dilbar Nazari has expressed concern over growing terrifying incidents of violence against women and demanded a public punishment for individual involved in incidents of violence against women. Addressing a...
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53pc of Afghan women experience physical violence

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Naheed Bashardost
On
Jul 25, 2018 - 17:39
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Wednesday said 53 percent of the Afghanistan women aged above 15 years endured physical violence.
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Paktia women also urge Taliban to renew ceasefire

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شکـور کامـران
On
Jun 25, 2018 - 17:13
GARDEZ (Pajhwok): Women coming together from different areas of southeastern Paktia province on Monday urged the Taliban to renew their ceasefire and join the peace process. Gathering at Women’s Network office in Gardez, the provincial capital, the...
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Peace convoy from Helmand welcomed in Kabul

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On
Jun 19, 2018 - 21:22
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Meshrano Jirga and female civil society activists welcomed the peace convoy from southern Helmand province upon reaching central capital Kabul on Tuesday. Initially a seven member group of youth started walking from Lashkargah...
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Nangarhar woman creates work opportunities for 3,000 more women

By
Yousaf zarifi
On
Jun 17, 2018 - 12:23
JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Sharifa Ahmadzai, a widow and deputy head of Carpet Weavers Association in the eastern zone of the county, has helped generated work opportunities for 3,000 women , including 60 men. She had gone through up and downs in her life...
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Nangarhar women’s rally urges ceasefire extension

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Yousuf Zarifi
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Jun 14, 2018 - 16:51
JALALABAD (Pajhwok): In a rare show, tens of women on Thursday staged a peaceful rally in the capital of eastern Nangarhar province to demand extension in the truce between government and Taliban . Husna Ahmadzai, one of the rally organizers, said...
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Khost women claim denied paper ID cards

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Mohammad Haroon
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Jun 03, 2018 - 22:53
KHOST CITY (Pajhwok): A number of women on Sunday protested against not giving them ID cards by the authorities concerned in southeastern Khost province. Dozens of women gathered in the provincial capital, Khost City, and accused the Population...
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Working women complain of insecurity and cultural taboo

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Ajmal Wesal
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Jun 02, 2018 - 15:58
TIRINKOT (Pajhwok): The Women Affairs Department of central Uruzgan province says many educated women are prevented from working in offices due to security problems, cultural restrictions and lack of public awareness. Local officials acknowledge...
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UN: Afghan women’s access to justice ‘severely inadequate’

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Pajhwok
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May 30, 2018 - 03:06
KABUL (Pajhwok): Afghan women ’s access to justice ‘remains severely inadequate’, finds a new report the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) released on Tuesday. It happens despite a law on the elimination of violence against women in place...
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Ghani praises ‘no more baad marriages’ in Khost

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Mohammad Haroon
On
Apr 10, 2018 - 17:52
KHOST CITY (Pajhwok): President Ashraf Ghani has said giving daughters under baad marriage has reached zero level in Khost, which indicates cultural advancement in the southeastern province. Meeting women in Khost City, the provincial capital, after...
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Despite challenges, female journalists’ strength rises

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Naheed Bashardost
On
Apr 01, 2018 - 18:45
KABUL (Pajhwok): Despite multiple challenges, the number of female employees in the media in different provinces has increased, said free media advocacy group NAI on Sunday. NAI director Mujib Khelwatgar told reporters here their findings showed the...
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4,000 cases of violence on women recorded last year

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Naheed Bashardost
On
Mar 28, 2018 - 20:12
KABUL (Pajhwok): More than 4,000 incidents of violence against women have been registered in Afghanistan last solar year that ended on March 21, a report said on Tuesday.
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Astana to host event on Afghan women in autumn

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S. Mudassir Ali Shah
On
Mar 17, 2018 - 10:39
KABUL (Pajhwok): Astana plans to host an international conference in autumn on women ’s empowerment in Afghanistan , says Kazakhstan’s Special Envoy Stanislav Vassilenko. Continued support from regional countries and the international community was...
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Man at the helm of Uruzgan’s Women Affairs Dept.

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Pajhwok Report
On
Mar 11, 2018 - 19:49
TIRINKOT (Pajhwok): The Women Affairs Department of central Uruzgan province is being led by a man, with females saying they have yet to benefit from projects implemented in their name. International Women’s Day was markedat the provincial human...
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For Kandahar women, only female prosecutor a ray of hope

By
Bashir Ahmad Naadem
On
Mar 10, 2018 - 13:41
KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): Amidst rising incidents of domestic tension, the only female prosecutor in southern Kandahar province is investigating cases of violence against women . Zainab Faiz, 28, serving as prosecutor for the past two years, has...
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Above 1500 violence against women cases recorded in northeast

By
راز محمد
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Mar 09, 2018 - 16:12
PUL-I-KHUMRI (Pajhwok): The government has taken no action to curb crimes against women in northeastern Baghlan, Takhar and Kunduz provinces where a total of 1535 cases of violence against the gender were recorded this outgoing solar year , rights officials said on Friday.
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