A charity set up in memory of a Western Isles aid worker killed in Afghanistan has recruited 21 young women to study medicine in the country writes Alistair Munro, (Aberdeen Journals, May 3, 2018 ) The Linda Norgrove Foundation is now seeking a volunteer to increase interest in those wanting to taking up medical scholarships in […]
Afghan women excluded from public life
Afghan Women Excluded from Public Life A lack of representation has led to a vicious circle of marginalisation writes Mohammad Hakim (IWPR, April 9, 2018) Women in Afghanistan’s southern province of Ghor say that they are being routinely excluded from public life, with almost no representation in local government, the justice system or any other […]
Sarah Fane’s Afghan Blog – Friday 13th April 2018
I landed in Kabul on Friday 13th sitting in row 13 of the plane, counting myself fortunate not to be overly superstitious. As I landed, I thought back to other arrivals over the years. In 2001 I flew into Pakistan and managed to get a visa from the Taliban in Peshawar and fly from there with […]
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