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SCA condemns raid on health clinic in Wardak
Press release
During the night between 17 and 18 of February a raid was conducted to a health clinic run by The Swedish Committee for Afghanistan (SCA) in Tangi Saidan, in Wardak Province
The Other Side of Gender Inequality: Men and Masculinity in Afghanistan
News Swedish Committee for Afghanistan (SCA) and Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU) jointly launched research on masculinity phenomena in Afghanistan called “The Other Side of Gender Inequality: Men and Masculinity in Afghanistan”. This research which was financially supported by SCA was conducted by the Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit -an independent research organization aiming at an in-depth understanding of various notions of being an Afghan man and its contribution to gender inequality.
Representatives of National Teachers’ Elected Council gathered in Kabul
News Office bearers of the National Teachers’ Elected Council and representatives of its zones sit together to endorse the proposed bylaws and code of conduct and the official Logo for the council, upon approval by the elected members will be registered with the ministry of Justice. This was stated by Mr. Fazel Ahmad Fazel, chairperson of the […]
Child registration for a healthy start to life
News SCA has entered into a new partnership that will lead to better health for children in Laghman. Focus will be on registration on children to ensure that they receive all essential health care including vaccinations, nutrition and growth monitoring.
In anticipation of a new school
News Soon the girls will move into a new and beautiful school. There the classroom will not be overcrowded and the classes smaller. There will no longer be held lessons in a tent. In other words, a good environment for studying. We are in the district Warsaj, south of the city of Taloqan. A valley that […]
More Women on Facebook week
News “We support women’s involvement in Afghanistan’s development processes,” says Humaira Ghani, SCA Senior Information Officer.
Lack of midwives causes more death than terrorism
News “More Afghan women have died due to not having access to health facilities during pregnancy and delivery than terrorism. The rate of civilian causalities in terrorist attacks are more than 3000 death that 298 are women. While the rate of maternal mortality in a year is more than 4000. I believe that government should rethink about prioritization and allocation of resources,” says Khalid Fahim.
Learning should be fun
News Muqadas is working as Community Based School teacher of Mardarah School in Kishim district of Badakhshan. Muqadas joined Swedish Committee for Afghanistan’s (SCA) CBS in 2006, and since last two years she is working as head of teachers in this school.
Persons with disabilities to initiate self-employment
News Swedish Committee for Afghanistan trained 121 persons with disabilities including 50 females in several vocational courses in Ghazni, Logar and Maidan Wardak provinces. Funded by the SCA with nearly seven million Afs, the vocational courses included tailoring, carpentry and furniture making.