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UN flags risk of 25,000 female teachers, health workers disappearing in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan by 2030

April 28, 2026April 28, 2026 - by cmedia

IBNS-CMEDIA: Restrictions on girls’ education and women’s employment in Afghanistan could leave the country with a deficit of over 25,000 female teachers and health workers by 2030, the UN Children’s …

Health / World

WHO releases new guideline to prevent adolescent pregnancies and improve girls’ health

April 24, 2025April 24, 2025 - by cmedia

In a bid to tackle the leading cause of death globally among 15–19-year-old girls, the World Health Organization (WHO) today released a new guideline aimed at preventing adolescent pregnancy and its significant …

South Asia / SouthEastAsia/China

Taliban order bars Afghan women from working with UN

April 6, 2023April 6, 2023 - by cmedia

New York: Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have issued an order banning women nationals who are UN staff members from continuing to work, the UN spokesperson said on Tuesday. “Our colleagues …

Humanitarian

Experts decry measures to ‘steadily erase’ Afghan women and girls from public life

January 19, 2022January 20, 2022 - by cmedia

#TalibanLeaders; #Afghanistan; #WomenIdentity; #UN; WomenEducation New York/CMEDIA: Taliban leaders in Afghanistan are institutionalizing large-scale and systematic gender-based discrimination and violence against women and girls, independent UN human rights experts warned on Monday. …