Midwife Centre Breaks New Ground in Afghan Province
Officials hope pioneering scheme will help reduce high maternal mortality rate.
Officials hope pioneering scheme will help reduce high maternal mortality rate.
Khost has an abysmal record on on upholding equal opportunity rules in local government.
Some want positive discrimination to start reversing male domination of public life.
A mother forges a strong relationship with her son in the face of divisive family politics.
Simply venturing out onto the streets has become an ordeal for women in Islamic State-controlled city.
Despite security worries, a young women insists on going to university.
A women fleeing an airstrike is confronted by an Islamic State militant.
Prostitution abroad and "labour enslavement" at home are the commonest forms.
A trip to the shops turns into an ordeal in an Islamic State stronghold.
President denounces "alien" forms of clothing and his police follow up by issuing warnings to women wearing hijab.