Afghan

Thousands of returning Afghans signal start of repatriation season, UN agency says

11 March 2003
Thousands of Afghan refugees are returning home from neighbouring countries this week, a sign that the spring repatriation season has started in earnest, the United Nations refugee agency said today.

Despite progress Afghan women still subject to intimidation, violence - UN

6 March 2003
Despite progress in some sectors since the overthrow of the Taliban, intimidation and violence against Afghan women continue unabated in rural regions, according to a new report by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

UNICEF joins forces with Afghan ministries to launch new women's literacy project

6 March 2003
In a bid to boost education for women, by women in Afghanistan - where perhaps 79 per cent of the female population is illiterate - the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is joining forces with Afghanistan's education and gender affairs ministries to produce the country's first literacy textbook for women.