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Homeschooling offers a path to independence
Development Brothers Hamedullah and Shukrullah are both deaf. With Solidarity Committee’s support, they have been homeschooled and learned sign language, and to read and write.
No one should have to be brave just to go to work
News The women Kajsa Johansson met in Afghanistan do not want to be reduced to victims. They are not powerless, but they live with unreasonable restrictions.
“There are great opportunities to make a difference”
News After twelve years, Torbjörn Pettersson returns to Afghanistan, this time as chair of the Solidarity Committee. After a week of meetings, he concludes that there are great opportunities to make a difference.
“Our daughters are like birds without wings”
News September 17 marks five years since the Taliban regime closed schools to girls from the seventh grade. Since then, 2.6 million girls have been shut out from education beyond primary school. Fifteen Afghans share their perspectives on what the ban means – for them and for the country.
Sweden needs a new Afghanistan policy
News Sweden’s policy of disengagement has not improved the situation in Afghanistan, but it has limited Sweden’s ability to influence developments.
Healthcare reaches a critical point as funding declines
Development Afghanistan’s healthcare system is facing enormous challenges due to drastic cuts in international donor funding. Last year, the Taliban authorities published their first national health policy.
A midwife free to manage the entire continuum of care
Development In a small building next to her home in Wardak province, the midwife Karima receives women from the surrounding villages.
Five years on: Sustaining international engagement with Afghanistan
News Ahead of the five year anniversary of the Taliban takeover, the European Network of NGOs in Afghanistan (ENNA), which Solidarity Committee is part of, published a statement directed towards the EU and its member states.
The double standard on dialogue with the Taliban is a betrayal
News It is striking that Sweden is now championing dialogue with the very same Taliban it has long claimed it could not engage with over the plight of Afghan women, writes Kajsa Johansson in Global Bar.