Marginalising women a major curb on Afghan economy: UNDP

Despite Challenges For Girls and Women in Afghanistan, I Want to Be a Lawyer When I Grow Up

Girls’ education and women’s empowerment have faced threats throughout Afghanistan’s turbulent history but with the Taliban’s return to power in 2021, Afghan girls and young women have been banned from continuing their education beyond the sixth grade.  Civic space in Afghanistan is closed with women and girl’s freedom of expression, movement, and speech being among the most heavily impacted. This has included a 2024 law requiring women to conce…

Marginalising women a major curb on Afghan economy: UNDP

Restrictions on women and girls imposed since the Taliban authorities took power are projected to cost Afghanistan almost six percent of its GDP over two years, the UN development agency country director said on Thursday. Taliban authorities have squeezed women out of education, jobs and public life since 2021, creating what the United Nations has called "gender apartheid". The social and economic exclusion of women and girls is expected to amou…

Afghanistan’s socioeconomic crisis deepens amid crackdown on women’s rights

In Afghanistan, 75 per cent of the population struggles to meet their daily needs; with female-headed households, rural communities and internally displaced persons being most affected, the UN development agency (UNDP) has noted in a new report.

Afghanistan’s economic fragility deepens as three in four Afghans struggle to meet basic needs, UN report finds

KABUL — Despite modest signs of economic stabilization, Afghanistan remains mired in a deepening humanitarian and subsistence crisis, with 75 percent of the population unable to meet basic living needs, according to a new United Nations report. The report, published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on April 30, outlines a bleak picture of Afghanistan’s fragile recovery. Although the country posted a modest 2.7 percent GDP growt…