Statement

Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee on Afghanistan, Women’s participation in aid delivery must continue

calendar_today28 December 2022

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Updates

New US funding supports reproductive health and protection services in Afghanistan

calendar_today26 September 2022

(Bamyan) Sadbarg Village Family Health House. © UNFPA Afghanistan
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News

“Giving up is not an option”: Hope for Afghans forced out of school

calendar_today13 September 2022

Mursal, 17, would normally be in the 12th grade. She dreams of becoming a doctor, but her education has been indefinitely postponed. © UNFPA Afghanistan
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Video

Girls in Afghanistan want to go back to school

calendar_today13 September 2022

Girls in Afghanistan want to go back to school

Girls in Afghanistan want to go back to school

One year after the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, 17-year-old Mursal is still in disbelief that she can’t go back to school.

“It’s not right that they’re ordering us to hide our faces and stop going to school. I hope that young girls will not give up,” she says.

See how Mursal is giving back to her community with UNFPA’s help.

News

Midwives in Afghanistan defy constraints and crises to save lives of women and newborns

calendar_today17 August 2022

Midwife Minaz Bibi provides midwifery services for women affected by the earthquake in the Gayan district of Paktika, Afghanistan, in June 2022. © UNFPA Afghanistan
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Statement

Afghanistan: An escalating crisis for women and girls

calendar_today15 August 2022

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Press release

20,000 women and girls affected by Afghanistan earthquake need urgent access to life-saving health care

calendar_today04 July 2022

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News

Family health houses save lives, employ women, in rural Afghanistan

calendar_today13 May 2022

Midwife Laila Amini checks on a mother and newborn at the Arkalik Village Family Health House. Photo Image courtesy of AADA.
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Updates

From Ukraine to Afghanistan, Iceland increases its support to humanitarian efforts to safeguard women and girls’ rights

calendar_today03 May 2022

In 2022, Iceland increases its support to UNFPA to safeguard women and girls’ rights. In April, Iceland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Thórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörd Gylfadóttir met with UNFPA’s Executive Director, Dr. Natalia Kanem. © UNFPA
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News

Midwives ensure life-saving reproductive health care for women returning to Afghanistan

calendar_today31 March 2022

Midwife Zul Haja displays some of the reproductive health care supplies she provides for women at the Zero Point clinic in Afghanistan's Kandahar Province, on the border with Pakistan. © UNFPA/Stenly Sajow
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