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Afghanistan: Letting women take a part in economic life
In Afghanistan, it’s the men who do the jobs. From salaried posts down to household tasks, tradition does not grant the women any priority. Neverth...
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Afghanistan: Hope for life
During a visit to a family, one of the women there asked the Terre des hommes (Tdh) midwife to urgently help her daughter-in-law, who was about to ...
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Afghanistan: Child rights - Challenges of the Criminal Justice System in Afghanistan
The juvenile justice system in Afghanistan faces many challenges such as high numbers of children in pretrial detention and the need to better impl...
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Afghanistan: District Police - Training Impact Assessment
Since 2009, an assessment on juvenile justice in Afghanistan was conducted by an international consultant for the CRC III. This assessment highligh...
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The Vaudois mayor who dreams of reforesting Afghanistan
Terre des hommes is counting on Reto Zehnder, an expert in project management, to reduce the poverty in Rustaq.
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Afghanistan: Tdh fights for the rights of handicapped children
Many decades of conflict have affected the life of Afghan children by compromising their access to basic services and education, and by exposing th...
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Afghanistan: Amalgam between running away and adultery
Aisha, mutilated for running away after a forced marriage, becomes a sad symbol of an afghan amalgam between running away and adultery. Tdh provide...
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Afghanistan: Following tradition to guarantee a supply of water
In the mountainous regions of Afghanistan, access to water is practically impossible from both the technical and economic points of view. And yet a...
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Afghanistan: For street kids, abuse lurks on every corner
Thousands of children are working to earn desperately needed money for their families. The partner organization of Terre des hommes has witnessed a...
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Afghanistan: At 57, she has delivered 50,000 children
Midwife Naseema Qochi is easily recognized when she walks into the spartan health clinic nestled beside a rose garden in the dusty warrens of Qlia...
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