Montly Archive October 2013

125th Debate of Armanshahr Foundation, “Elections and rural women”, organised, in collaboration with Women’s Affairs Directorate of Herat province, in Guzara District. Intellectuals, civil society activists, District Council members & women activists took part.

Two hundred and eighteen rights defenders in Shanghai signed a public appeal urging the United Nations not to elect China to the 47-member Human Rights Council. The election will be held on November 12 among UN member states in the General Assembly.

The Afghan state has failed to protect women from violence. 12 years after the Taliban’s ouster, despite international support & the hard work of human rights activists, equal protection & equal benefit of the law are notable by their absence for majority of Afghan women.

The GlobeandMail REVIEWED BY CHRIS BERUBE Special to The Globe and Mail Published Friday, Oct. 11 2013 In March, if everything goes smoothly, Canada will finally be out of Afghanistan. The bulk of our military operations […]

The GlobalandMail REVIEWED BY ILANA TEITELBAUM Special to The Globe and Mail Published Friday, Oct. 25 2013 “I once lived in a harem in Afghanistan” is the gripping opening sentence of An American Bride in Kabul, in which […]

As the presidential election approaches in 2014, with the security transition at the year’s end, Afghan women, including parliamentarians and rights activists, are concerned that the hard-won political, economic and social gains achieved since the U.S.-led intervention in 2001 may be rolled back or conceded in negotiations with the insurgents. There will be no sustainable peace unless there is justice, and justice demands that the state respect and protect the rights of women, half its population.