Press release
Webinar: Tackling Afghanistan’s Climate Emergency
News SCA is hosting a webinar discussing effects of climate change, COP29, and ways for Afghanistan to access climate funding.
Ban on medical training for women threatens lives in Afghanistan
Health care SCA urges the IEA to reconsider the ban and invest in quality education for female health professionals.
SCA calls for climate financing for Afghanistan
News Afghanistan is being denied access to the Green Climate Fund, a crucial source of financing for developing nations to adapt to the effects of climate change. The consequences are born by most vulnerable.
SCA hands over activities to Norwegian organisation
News The entire disability programme previously run by SCA has been taken over by NAC.
SCA pauses all activities in Afghanistan
News The Swedish Committee for Afghanistan is pausing all its activities in Afghanistan. This is in response to a decree from the Islamic Emirate Afghanistan (IEA) which called for the suspension of all "Sweden’s activities".
Swedish Committee for Afghanistan strongly condemns the desecration of the Holy Quran
Press release The Swedish Committee for Afghanistan (SCA) strongly condemns the desecration of the Holy Quran that took place in Sweden today. We are saddened and appalled by the incident, carried out by man of Iraqi origin outside the Iraqi embassy in Stockholm. Desecration of the Holy Quran is a despicable display of Islamophobia and hatred. It […]
SCA partially pauses activities following IEA directive
Press release On July 11, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), the de facto authorities, issued a directive suspending “all of Sweden’s activities in Afghanistan”. Consequently, some activities of the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan (SCA), have been paused. SCA stands firm in its commitment to support the Afghan people and will do its utmost to secure the […]
Statement on the de facto authorities of Afghanistan suspending Sweden’s activities.
Press release The Swedish Committee for Afghanistan, SCA, is seeking dialogue with the de facto authorities of Afghanistan to clarify if the directive of July 11 to suspend all Sweden’s activities in Afghanistan will affect our organization. SCA is a non-governmental organization established in 1980 as a solidarity movement, from people to people, to support Afghans’ right […]
SCA condemns the continued closure of girls’ schools in Afghanistan
News For a second school year, secondary schools in Afghanistan have opened without the presence of girls.