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Webinar: Tackling Afghanistan’s Climate Emergency

Climate Solidarity Committee is hosting a webinar discussing effects of climate change, COP29, and ways for Afghanistan to access climate funding.

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Ban on medical training for women threatens lives in Afghanistan

Health care Solidarity Committee urges the IEA to reconsider the ban and invest in quality education for female health professionals.

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Solidarity Committee 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.

Solidarity Committee hands over activities to Norwegian organisation

News The entire disability programme previously run by Solidarity Committee has been taken over by NAC.

Solidarity Committee conference: Afghanistan beyond humanitarian support – navigating challenges and opportunities

News Solidarity Committee is organising its biennial international conference in Stockholm on 30th November, 2023. The conference will gather experts, policymakers, civil society, and academia to discuss the latest developments in Afghanistan.

Solidarity Committee 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.

Statement on the decision to ban women NGO workers in Afghanistan 

News The Solidarity Committee for Afghanistan is profoundly concerned by the recent announcement of the de facto authorities (DFA) that women are no longer allowed to work with national and international non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Afghanistan. Following only four days after the suspension of women’s rights to attend higher education, the ban on women NGO workers […]

Solidarity Committee inaugurates two construction projects in Speen Ghar district of Nangarhar province

News Solidarity Committee’s Jalalabad Regional Management office inaugurated pipe scheme and Disaster Risk Reduction projects under ABADIE project in Speen Ghar district as worth of around 20 million Afs.

We did not have economical backup, so we created Self-Help Group

News In Moqor district of Ghazni province, 20 women with disabilities or the ones whose family members have disabilities, have come together and created Rana Self-Help Group to have economical security. This group was created in 2020 with the financial assistance of the European Union under BACEDA (Building Active Citizenship and Equality for Persons with Disabilities […]

Afghanistan’s Maternal and Child Health at Breaking Point