Jobs In Afghanistan

Empowering Women: The Afghan Government wants to give women the education, skills, and tools they need to obtain jobs, support families, and integrate into the political and public life of Afghanistan. Most U.S. Government programs in Afghanistan assist women, and there are a significant number of female-specific programs, as well. These include refurbishing the Afghan Ministry of Women's Affairs building, providing technical advisors to the ministry, establishing a women's resource center with internet access, computer training, and print and video materials on women's rights. ... [Read More]

Iraq and Afghanistan: Accomplishments and Next Steps

  Reconstituting the basic institutions of national government: As an indication of how seriously government institutions had deteriorated in Afghanistan during two decades of internecine conflict and Taliban mismanagement, until recent months the heads of ministries in Kabul had no capacity for voice or data transmission with regional offices. Ministers could not speak with their colleagues in Afghanistan's far-flung provinces to convey government decisions, assess needs, or provide policy guidance. Now, with the help of U.S. government assistance, we have put in place a basic telecommunications system that connects each of Afghanistan's thirty two provinces with Kabul, as a first step in helping the Afghans increase their capacity to run their own affairs. We have helped rebuild 13 Afghan ministries, including the Ministries of Agriculture, Health, and Education and other institutions wiped out during the conflict and Taliban oppression. We are funding 136 A ... [Read More]

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Robert P. Finn, Ambassador to Afghanistan
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The U.S.-Afghan Women’s Council
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Afghanistan

UNESCO reported in 2000 that as few as 3 percent of Afghan girls were receiving primary education as opposed to up to 39 percent of boys. However, the Taliban's increasingly anti-education policies further reduced educational opportunities, even for males. Credible sources reported that during the year Taliban elements pressured a Turkish NGO, which had long been present in the country, to close its six secondary schools for boys, most of which operated in Turkic speaking areas. The Taliban reportedly also barred Afghan students from traveling abroad, even to Islamic countries, to complete their education, although this restriction reportedly was not always enforced in practice, and a number of children, including many females related to the Taliban leadership, were able to obtain a foreign education. Prior to the Taliban takeover in 1996, more than 100,000 girls reportedly attended public school in Kabul in grades kindergarten through 12, according to a U.N. survey. During 1999 approx ... [Read More]

II. Quotes By and About Women in Afghanistan
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U.S. First Lady Laura Bush's Trip to Afghanistan
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US Department of State – Home Page
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