Archive for the ‘Women’s Rights’ Category

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

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

2 new buildings inaugurated in Bamiyan province

Yesterday, Afghanistan’s Ministry of Education issued a press release stating that 2 new buildings were inaugurated in Afghanistan’s central province of Bamiyan.  The release stated that education officials, community leaders, students and teachers were present at the inauguration ceremony. One of the buildings is for the Agricultural Vocational High School.  Construction on the building took [...]

October 21, 2010   Posted in: Education, Reconstruction and Development, Women's Rights  Comments Closed

New school building completed in Kunar and another to be built in Jowzjan

Late last week, Afghan education officials announced that construction work on a new building for a school in the Jaba area of Narai district in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Kunar has been completed.  The 2-story building has officially been inaugurated.  The new building has 10 classrooms, 4 administrative rooms, a solar power system to provide [...]

October 11, 2010   Posted in: Education, Reconstruction and Development, Women's Rights  Comments Closed

Afghan National Army Gets 29 More Female Officers

Yesterday, a graduation ceremony was held for 29 Afghan women who completed advanced training, and are now 2nd lieutenants in the Afghan National Army. There are already close to 300 women in the Afghan Army, however, these women are the first to have graduated from a formalized training program. The women learned basic military skills, [...]

September 24, 2010   Posted in: Security in Afghanistan, Women's Rights  Comments Closed

School building inaugurated in Parwan province

Afghan education officials, Parwan’s provincial governor Abdul Basir Salangi, students, and teachers, attended an inauguration ceremony for a newly constructed 2-story school building, according to a Ministry of Education press release today.  The building is for the Ghulam Ali Girl’s Middle School in Bagram district, which is located in central Parwan province. The $207,000 of [...]

September 21, 2010   Posted in: Education, Reconstruction and Development, Women's Rights  Comments Closed