US EditionWith Schools Closed, Girls in Bamiyan Turn to Sewing to Survive
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Nearly eight out of 10 young Afghan women are excluded from education, jobs, and training (UN Women - United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women)
) Press release Nearly eight out of 10 young Afghan women are excluded from education, jobs, and training UN Women launches the 2024 Afghanistan Gender Index, the most extensive study on women's empowerment and gender equality since the Taliban takeover. 17 June 2025 Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to LinkedIn Share to E-mail New York, 17 June - Nearly four years after the Taliban takeover in August 2021, a new UN Women report reveals t…
In Afghanistan, almost eighty percent of all women under the age of 30 are excluded from education or work.
There are 4 women without access to education, employment and training for each man in a similar situation. Despite all of this, Afghan women continue to struggle for an inclusive government.
With schools closed, girls in Bamiyan turn to sewing to survive
In the quiet corner of a modest home in the rural district of Saighan, a teenage girl leans over a sewing machine, stitching children’s clothes to help support her family. Like many girls in Bamiyan Province, she never dreamed of becoming a seamstress. “I didn’t want to sew. I wanted to study,” said Safia, a former student who was forced to abandon her education after the Taliban barred girls from secondary school. “But I had no choice. Now I se…
Nearly four years after the Taliban took power in August 2021, a new UN Women report reveals that Afghan women are far behind global standards in terms of human development. The Afghanistan Gender Index, the most comprehensive assessment of women's empowerment […]
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