Archive for the ‘Human Rights’ Category

Afghan Woman Receives Global Award!

Today in Boca Raton, Florida, Dr. Sakena Yacoobi, the Executive Director of the Afghan Institute of Learning (AIL), received the inaugural Enterprising Women’s 2011 Global Women’s Hall of Fame award. Dr. Terry Neese, Founder of The Institute for Economic Empowerment of Women, presented Dr. Yacoobi the award at the 9th Annual Enterprising Women of the [...]

March 11, 2011   Posted in: Education, Health News, Human Rights, Women's Rights  Comments Closed

Generous pledge from Japan to protect lives and livelihoods in Afghanistan

The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) said yesterday that the government of Japan has signed an agreement with them in which $19 million dollars will be provided so that three eight-month projects can be completed that will protect lives and livelihoods in Afghanistan. According to a report from UNOPS: The first project will [...]

March 1, 2011   Posted in: Environmental Issues, Human Rights, Reconstruction and Development  Comments Closed

Girl’s Middle School In Kunduz Gets New Building

Today, Afghanistan’s Ministry of Education announced that a new school building for the Haji Hussein Girl’s Middle School in the Aliabad district of Kunduz province has been inaugurated. Government officials, community leaders, teachers and students attended the opening ceremony. The new building took 8 months to build at a cost of $341,000. Funding for the [...]

February 14, 2011   Posted in: Education, Reconstruction and Development, Women's Rights  Comments Closed

New buildings for schools in Samangan and Kapisa

A total of seven new school buildings were opened today in the northern province of Samangan, according to a report from Pajhwok Afghan News (PAN). Three of the buildings are for primary schools and the other four are for middle schools – all located in the Dara-e-Sauf district.  Each building has 8 classrooms and 6 [...]

February 9, 2011   Posted in: Education, Reconstruction and Development, Women's Rights  Comments Closed

Major agreement signed to protect children in Afghanistan

Today in Kabul, the Afghan government and officials from the United Nations signed an agreement to end recruitment of children in security forces. This is a major achievement because in a United Nations report last year, Afghanistan was listed as one of the countries which had child soldiers. Today’s agreement will prevent under-age recruitment into [...]

January 30, 2011   Posted in: Human Rights, Security in Afghanistan  Comments Closed

Park for women inaugurated in Ghazni, and school buildings inaugurated in Helmand and Baghlan provinces

Musa Khan Akbarzada (Governor of Ghazni province), Dr. Husn Banu Ghazanfar (Minister of Women’s Affairs), and other Afghan and foreign officials recently attended a ribbon-cutton ceremony to officially open a new women’s park in the province of Ghazni, said a NATO news release today. The park has a shopping center, garden fountain, benches and large [...]

January 3, 2011   Posted in: Education, Human Rights, Reconstruction and Development, Women's Rights  Comments Closed

Big Day For Education In Afghanistan!

Today was a big day for education in Afghanistan. Three new school buildings were inaugurated in Sar-e Pul province, a stone laying ceremony was held for a new school building to be built in Mazar-e Sharif, and Germany pledged $24.6 million to Afghanistan’s education ministry. According to a press release from Afghanistan’s Ministry of Education, [...]

December 22, 2010   Posted in: Education, Reconstruction and Development, Women's Rights  Comments Closed

Another school building completed in Samangan province

Earlier this week, a new building for the Sayeedabad Girl’s Middle School in the Ferooz Nakhcher district of Afghanistan’s northern province of Samangan was inaugurated, according to Afghanistan’s Bakhtar news agency. Afghan education officials said the new building was built in 7 months at a cost of $160,000.  Funding for the project came from Sweden. [...]

December 17, 2010   Posted in: Education, Reconstruction and Development, Women's Rights  Comments Closed

Two new school buildings inaugurated in northern Afghanistan

According to an official from Afghanistan’s Ministry of Education, a building for the Nasir Khan Kheil Girl’s Primary School in the Hesah Awal Kohistan district of Afghanistan’s north-eastern province of Kapisa was inaugurated today. The new school building is surrounded by a wall, and it has 9 classrooms, 1 administrative room, 12 restrooms and a [...]

December 13, 2010   Posted in: Education, Reconstruction and Development, Women's Rights  Comments Closed

Two new school buildings completed and an agreement signed to build another

Two new school buildings have been opened this week, and an agreement has been signed to build another one, according to an official from  Afghanistan’s Ministry of Education. Today, Habiba Sorabi, the governor of Bamyan province, and Mohammad Reza Ida, the province’s head of the education department, students, and teachers attended an inauguration ceremony for [...]

December 8, 2010   Posted in: Education, Reconstruction and Development, Women's Rights  Comments Closed

Two new school buildings inaugurated in western Afghanistan

Earlier this week, according to a press release issued by Afghanistan’s Ministry of Education, two new school buildings were inaugurated in western Afghanistan. The first building is for the boys and girls Tajekhaa Primary School in the Muqur district of Badghis province. The building was built in 6 months at a cost of 47, 000 [...]

December 1, 2010   Posted in: Education, Reconstruction and Development, Women's Rights  Comments Closed

School for Blind Established In Herat; 2 Girls High Schools In Jowzjan Get Water System

Yesterday, Afghanistan’s Ministry of Education issued a press release stating that a school for the blind has been established in Afghanistan’s western province of Herat. This is now the second school for the blind in Afghanistan, the other is in Kabul. This school has grades 1 to 4 and will teach students Braille as well as other important [...]

October 24, 2010   Posted in: Education, Human Rights, Reconstruction and Development, Women's Rights  Comments Closed