AFGHANISTAN WOMEN
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Education
Afghan women take university entrance exam under Taliban watch
Kabul, Oct 13 (EFE).- Girls in Kabul on Thursday sat for the university entrance test for the first time under…
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Education
Afghan girls complete a year away from schools
Kabul, Sep 18 (EFE).- The Taliban’s ban on secondary education for girls completed a year on Sunday, after the Islamists…
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Education
Hidden Afghan library for women defies Taliban ban
Kabul, Sep 13 (EFE).- Several shelves full of books and a table tucked away inside a basement under the busting…
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Politics
The relentless fight of Afghan women in exile
By Pablo Muñoz Campaña Athens, Aug 17 (EFE).- Despite having fled their country, a group of Afghan women now living…
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Conflicts & War
Depriving girls of education cost Afghan economy $500m since Taliban takeover
Kabul, Aug 15 (EFE).- Keeping girls out of secondary school has cost Afghanistan 2.5 percent of its annual GDP in…
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Conflicts & War
Afghan refugee women demand action to avoid being ‘erased’ from society
By Carmen Muela Morales Paris, Aug 14 (EFE).- Women in Afghanistan are “stripped of the most basic rights,” say Afghan…
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Conflicts & War
How Afghan women entrepreneurs manage to stay afloat under Taliban
Kabul, Aug 2 (EFE).- Saqi Jana Popalzai has managed to restore her business despite the difficulties she faced as an…
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Education
Afghan girls deprived of secondary education for 300 days under Taliban
Kabul, Jul 13 (EFE).- Afghan girls on Wednesday completed 300 days without being able to attend high-school classrooms due to…
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Conflicts & War
Afghan female reporters cover their faces on TV after Taliban order
Kabul, May 22 (EFE).- Female television presenters and reporters in Afghanistan appeared with their faces covered on Sunday to comply…
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Politics
Taliban order women TV presenters to cover their faces
Kabul, May 19 (EFE).- The Taliban government on Thursday notified Afghan media outlets that the order for women to cover…
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