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Feature story
From crisis response to resilience: How multilateral funds are collectively protecting women and girls
Women and children in a makeshift shelter after the earthquake in Nurgal – one of the worst-affected districts in Kunar province, northeastern Afghanistan. Photo: UN Women
Press release
UN Women urgently appeals for USD 2.5 million to support women and girls affected by the Afghanistan earthquake
A young woman walks among the stone rubble of a house
Press briefing
Press briefing by UN Women on urgent aid for Afghan women
Afghan women gathered together and washing cookware
Press briefing
Press briefing by UN Women on the new Afghanistan Gender Alert
Afghan women sit on a classroom floor and listen closely to a teacher
Press release
Four years after Taliban takeover, Afghans overwhelmingly back girls’ education
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Press briefing
Press briefing by UN Women, four years since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan
An Afghan mother holds her daughter, staring at the light from behind her obscured window. Photo: UN Women/Sayed Habib Bidell.
Press release
Afghanistan: Ten facts about the world’s most severe women’s rights crisis
Women learn to read and write through a literacy initiative supported by UN Women, in Nuristan province, eastern Afghanistan. As part of the initiative, 130 Village Literacy Committees were also established. By improving their literacy, the women can also strengthen their livelihoods, access to healthcare and build their resilience, in one of the most isolated and underserved provinces in Afghanistan. Photo: UN Women/Sayed Habib Bidell
In focus
State of women’s rights in Afghanistan
Many of the women and girls returning to Afghanistan each day - many forcibly - were born in Iran, or have lived there for years. Some have no roots in Afghanistan, no family and no safety net to help them rebuild their lives. They need immediate humanitarian assistance and sustained support as they start again in communities already under severe economic and environmental pressure. Photo: UN Women/Sayed Habib Bidell
Feature story
Many forced to return, Afghan women expelled from Iran and Pakistan fighting to rebuild their lives
An Afghan woman, who returned from Pakistan earlier that day, rests with her son inside a tent erected to give returnees some shade from the burning sun at Takhta Pul, near the Pakistan border. UN Women: Sayed Habib Bidell.
FAQs
FAQs: What it’s like to be a woman in Afghanistan in 2025
Women and young girls carry bags after crossing the border
Press briefing
Afghan women and girls face increased risks of poverty, early marriage, harassment and exploitation amid a surge in returns to the country
A woman, wearing an official tourist guide vest, steers a boat
Feature story
How women are transforming tourism in India