Nobel peace laureate and activist Malala Yousafzai has condemned the Taliban’s treatment of women in Afghanistan as “gender apartheid”, saying...

In Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, religious schools, the only option left for girls after the shutdown of formal education, have become spaces...

Afghan photographer Homa Mohammadi* braves constant intimidation in the course of her work, once having her camera smashed up by...

Strolling through the autumn streets of Johannesburg in South Africa, it’s refreshing to see the democracy emerging from a long,...

A young woman has died after setting herself on fire in Taywara district of Ghor province in an alleged attempt...

In a remote district of Badakhshan province, the only companions to a woman in labor are usually her family and...

The United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan (UNAMA) presented a strategy at a Doha meeting in February, aimed at helping...

The 26-year-old participated in the three sports simultaneously with an ability to gain physical prowess quickly. Now, she is –...

Education is a fundamental right provided to all children all over the world. Girls and boys without distinction go to...

Over the past 15 years, Bibi Jan has already endured the unimaginable pain of losing four of her children due...