The last three years have seen the Taliban placing restrictions on all aspects of women’s lives in Afghanistan. From ...

Although Afghan women and girls have made strides in education, the economy, health care, politics, and broader civil society since the 2001 U.S.-led intervention, these advances remain fragile.

A UNICEF-supported vocational training course equips girls and young women in Afghanistan with practical skills they can use ...

Under Taliban rule in Afghanistan, women are banned from attending nursing or midwifery school. They can’t go out in public without a male chaperone, and they must cover their faces and not let ...

Shabana Basij-Rasikh is co-founder and president of the School of Leadership, Afghanistan (SOLA). December marked two years since women could attend college in Afghanistan. March will mark three ...