NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Jan Egeland, secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, about the Taliban's decision to ban women from working at NGOs.

Jan Egeland, secretary-general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, spent a week meeting with Taliban officials, pressing them to reverse their ban on women working for non-governmental organizations.

Jan Egeland, the secretary-general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, is the first NGO chief to visit Afghanistan for talks with the Taliban since the ban came into effect more than two weeks ago.

International aid groups are suspending their relief programs in Afghanistan after the Taliban government announced on Saturday that humanitarian organizations are barred from employing women. The ...

Funding cuts to Afghanistan are the biggest threat to helping the country’s women, the chief of a top aid agency warned Sunday.

Funding cuts to Afghanistan are the biggest threat to helping the country's women, the chief of a top aid agency has warned. Jan Egeland, the secretary-general of the Norwegian Refugee Council ...

Two Americans have been released from Afghanistan, their families said Tuesday, as the Taliban announced a prisoner swap between the United States and Afghanistan.

NRC chief Jan Egeland warns suspension will have 'consequences immediately' Egeland says aid operation lacks funding to survive 90-day pause More than half Afghanistan's population needs ...

Jan Egeland, secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, warned that a U.S. funding cut would have severe ripple effects, forcing NGOs to lay off female workers and setting back women’s ...