Spain will host the third "Hear Our Voice" conference on Afghanistan’s women’s rights in Madrid on December, focusing on ...

The Taliban in Afghanistan’s western province of Herat have recently banned women doctors, patients, and healthcare workers ...

Women not covered from head to toe are being prevented from entering public health facilities in western Afghanistan. The ...

The Taliban authorities in Afghanistan ordered female patients, caretakers and staff to wear a burka – a full Islamic veil - ...

“When I step on to the pitch everything else is automatically erased from my mind,” says the captain of Afghan Women United, ...

Afghanistan is now the only country in the world where girls are prohibited from going to school beyond the primary level.

A tournament that included a team of refugee women's soccer players from Afghanistan has been moved to Morocco and shifted to later this week, FIFA confirmed Wednesday. The tournament, dubbed FIFA ...

Today, I run a rug business that has invested more than $1 million to strengthen the economic position of Afghan artisans.

Afghanistan's human rights panel on Thursday backed an "unconditional ban" on virginity tests, saying they violate rights, lack scientific basis and do nothing to protect women.

LONDON/ISLAMABAD, Oct 19 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Marzia has dedicated the past decade to treating some of Kabul's poorest women, but the midwife has now packed up her stethoscope along with a ...