This study analyzes the gendered impacts of electrification in Shughnan District, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan. It reveals that grid-connected communities experience 27% higher female literacy rates and nearly six-times higher household incomes.
In Afghanistan, the Women Economic Empowerment Rural Development Project (WEE-RDP) is a national program that empowers rural Afghan women to mobilize into self-help groups. These groups help their members access
No group of women has been stripped of their fundamental rights as much as Afghan women in recent years, barred as they are from schools, universities, and most workplaces since
Only 6% of Afghan women have access to the internet through any device. In a country where the government has been overtly hostile to women going to school and college,
Documents
Gendered Energy Relations at the Crossroads of Asia: Electrification, Empowerment, and Mixed Outcomes in Northeastern Afghanistan (2021)
This study analyzes the gendered impacts of electrification in Shughnan District, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan. It reveals that grid-connected communities experience 27% higher female literacy rates and nearly six-times higher household incomes.
Afghanistan's Women Self-Help Groups on the COVID-19 Front Lines (2021)
In Afghanistan, the Women Economic Empowerment Rural Development Project (WEE-RDP) is a national program that empowers rural Afghan women to mobilize into self-help groups. These groups help their members access
Taliban Restrictions on Women’s Rights Deepen Afghanistan’s Crisis (2023)
No group of women has been stripped of their fundamental rights as much as Afghan women in recent years, barred as they are from schools, universities, and most workplaces since
Digital Freedom Out of Reach for Most Afghan Women (2023)
Only 6% of Afghan women have access to the internet through any device. In a country where the government has been overtly hostile to women going to school and college,