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Group of women in Herat at Ansari Vocational Training center, Afghanistan

22 November 2022

Learning, earning, healing and giving back

How UNICEF-supported vocational training centers for women and girls are combatting mental health challenges and poverty in western Afghanistan

Fatima was born with a disability and remains in a wheelchair, but that did not stop her from becoming captain of a girls' basketball team and participating in UNICEF's Changemakers programme for young people in Afghanistan.

“My future is uncertain and worrying”

Amidst her changing country, one UNICEF ‘Changemaker’ reflects on her future as an athlete and as a woman in Afghanistan

Hadisa, UNICEF "Changemaker" and young technology entrepreneur, composes her social media posts as part of her takeover engagement of UNICEF Afghanistan's platforms. She spoke about girls' education and entrepreneurship.

"My dreams are shattered"

UNICEF ‘Changemaker’ Hadisa reflects on her two lost companies and the future of her sister’s education

23 March 2022: More than 300 days have passed since schools were closed for girls. This is a great tragedy for all of Afghanistan.

"Our situation is like sad music that plays for a moment"

Young digital illustrator Mozhdah depicts a year in history for girls and women in Afghanistan

Faiza, 17, graduated from her 5-month vocational training programme along with 14 other young girls in Shish Village, Afghanistan. With funding from the European Union, UNICEF supports 10 vocational training centres in Daikundi Province, helping empower girls to become financially independent.

Breaking outside the boundaries of the home

With funding support from the European Union, UNICEF provides vocational training to adolescent girls in Afghanistan

Basriya in the classroom

11 October 2018

One girl’s passion becomes means of empowerment for girls

Basirya helps teach out-of-school girls, at a UNICEF-supported accelerating learning centre (ALC) in Kandahar

Kobra, 12, (centre) and her sister Zahra, 22, watch on as Zahraa’s baby boy plays in their house in Daga village, central Afghanistan.

The power of sisterhood

Transforming girls’ lives in rural Afghanistan

Female teachers received their diplomas

New female teachers graduate in Gardez

Meet the women who will teach a new generation of Afghan girls