INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) is not against the rights of women as 150,000 females are working the health sector, Acting Public
Health Minister Qalandar Ebad has said.Speaking in an interview with Malaysian news channel Astro Awami, Ebad said that women are the main
part of the society, without whom it is very difficult to run the society.150,000 females are working in the health sector so it is a huge
You could never see this number in the previous administration
Many of the females who have experience in different areas, we give jobs to all of them in the health sector
We have institutes for nursing and midwifery and also for the postgraduation training programs
We are not against the rights of the women
Where we need women, we have opened the doors because women are the main part of our society
Without women it is very hard we can run our society,& Ebad said.On the suspension of girls& education above the sixth grade, the official
said that IEA tries its best to create a safe environment for girls.He said that there are about 200,000 female teachers who receive their
salaries and are going to schools to teach girls.Ebad also emphasized that IEA has fulfilled the international community&s conditions for
He said that security prevails all over Afghanistan and people support the government.Without the acceptance of the people, I don''t think
any government can run for a day or for a month,& he said.The post IEA is not against women&s rights, 150,000 females are working in health
sector: minister first appeared on Ariana News.
