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USAID cuts strand rural women seeking maternal healthcare in Malawi

As remote health posts are disrupted or closed, communities and medics say women are not getting the care they need.

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Afghan cartoonist, now a refugee, sheds light on plight of women

Sayed Muhammad Hussainy says it is his duty to help strengthen the voices of women living under the Taliban’s rule.

Afghan Cartoonist Uses Talents to Amplify The Plight of Women Back Home

Qatar’s traditional headscarf a ‘great symbol of hospitality’

For a sports store owner in Doha, the traditional headscarf could become a memento of the World Cup.

Football fans pose with a customised Brazilian version of a ghutra and other accessories at a Qatari sports shop

Afghan National Music Institute strikes a chord in Qatar

Group has not practiced together since their school’s doors in Kabul were closed after Taliban takeover.

Since the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan there has not been an outright ban on music but restrictions [Sorin Furcoi/Al Jazeera]

WFP calls for urgent aid as millions of Afghans face starvation

World Food Programme chief says $200m needed to tackle food insecurity in Afghanistan after Taliban takeover.

World Food Programme Executive Director David Beasley said Beasley said 14 million people in Afghanistan – one-third of the population – are facing food insecurity [Alexander Cornwell/Reuters]

‘We left everything’: Afghan refugees in Qatar on fleeing Taliban

Qatar is assisting thousands of Afghan refugees in two separate evacuation processes after the Taliban takeover.

Afghan refugees are seen at a residential compound in Qatar [Showkat Shafi/Al Jazeera]

Nairobi summit explores progress on issues affecting women

Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta opened summit by pledging to end female genital mutilation by 2022.

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