Afghanistan: Only 5% of labor market are women under Taliban

The International Labour Organization estimates that only 5.1% of workers in Afghanistan are women, five years after the Taliban's return to power. That's less than a third of the proportion in 2019 and 2020.

By Emma Farge GENEVA, Aug 18 (Reuters) - The portion of women in Afghanistan's workforce has fallen to just 5% since the Taliban takeover five years ago, according to the International Labour Organization, which called for measures to address their "severe exclusion". • Female labour force participation fell to less th

Formal work is thinning out, with record lawsuits and a record share of workers in the informal economy.

Five years after the Taliban took power in Afghanistan, armoured vehicles took part in a parade through the capital Kabul to celebrate their "victory day".

Bright white flags of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan have been installed this week across the capital Kabul as the Taliban is celebrating its five years of ruling.

Five years on from seizing power in Kabul on August 15 2021 and consolidating its hold through the whole of Afghanistan, the Taliban claims to have ended the country’s decades-long war and achieved security. International troops have withdrawn and the former Islamic Republic of Afghanistan has collapsed. Daily security

As Afghanistan’s hardline Islamist movement marks five years back in power, the anniversary has drawn renewed global attention to a crisis that had faded from view. The baby’s bottle contained no milk, only weak, diluted tea. Speaking from Kabul, the UN World Food Programme’s country director for Afghanistan recalled t