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My Ideal City
A new publication by Armanshahr
My Ideal City is a collection of selected paintings for the 5th International Simorgh Peace Prize. The paintings are drawn by children throughout Afghanistan with the theme of "My Ideal City" and are accompanied by poems of "The Caravan of Love"
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AAN
Afghan Victims of War Crimes Want Investigation: Hundreds of thousands apply to ICC
by Ehsan Qaane
31 January was the deadline for victims of Afghan war crimes to share their experiences and opinions with the International Criminal Court (ICC). Based on information so far released by the ICC, the Court has received 345 representations on behalf of more than seven hundred thousand victims. These representations are important as they will factor in to the ICC’s assessment about whether prosecuting war crimes and crimes against humanity that have been committed in Afghanistan over the past 15 years is in the interests of justice. While those submissions may be enough, says AAN’s Ehsan Qaane (with input from Kate Clark), to convince the ICC that launching a full investigation is in the interests of justice, the ICC’s call for victim statements revealed worrying failures in its capacity for outreach and communication in Afghanistan. READ
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Human Rights Group Urges International Court to Investigate U.S. Officials, Contractors
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Center for Constitutional Rights Submits “Victim’s Representations” in Support of Pending ICC Prosecution
January 31, 2018, The Hague – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) submitted a filing to the International Criminal Court (ICC), concerning two men detained at Guantánamo, in support of the ICC Prosecutor’s request to open a formal investigation into crimes in and related to the armed conflict in Afghanistan. The filing, which includes two “victim’s representations,” draws from publicly available information to detail the treatment, including torture, that the men endured in CIA black sites, proxy-detention, and DOD facilities, as well as their ongoing indefinite detention at Guantánamo, elaborates on the importance of an ICC investigation into these international crimes, and elaborates on the suggested scope of the inquiry to ensure the investigation captures the full liability of those who bear the greatest criminal responsibility. The Center for Constitutional Rights calls it a long-awaited opportunity for accountability.READ
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Afghanistan:
Events of 2017
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HRW - Fighting between Afghan government and Taliban forces intensified through 2017, causing high numbers of civilian casualties. Principally in Nangarhar province, government forces also battled the Islamic State of Khorason Province (ISKP), the Afghan branch of the extremist group Islamic State (also known as ISIS). A number of particularly deadly suicide attacks in urban areas, some claimed by ISKP, killed and wounded more than 2,000 people across the country. A growing number of these attacks targeted Afghanistan’s Shia Hazara minority. Civilian casualties caused by government forces during ground fighting declined; however, US forces expanded their use of airstrikes, including drones, in military operations, causing increased civilian casualties.
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Most Afghans Can’t Read, but Their Book Trade Is Booming
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nytimes
Nuts come in from Iran and fresh fruit from Pakistan, even though Afghanistan grows both in abundance. Years of bloated foreign aid budgets have produced high salaries, destroying local industries. As a result, about the only thing the country does not import is opium.
And books.
At a time when book publishers in many countries are struggling, over the last three years those in Afghanistan have been flourishing — and that is despite the country’s chronically low literacy rates: Only two out of five Afghan adults can read. But those who can seem to be doing it with remarkable regularity, both in spite and because of the country’s cyclonic violence, especially recently.
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3 in 10 Young People Illiterate Due to Conflicts, Disasters
Nearly three in ten young people between the ages of 15 and 24 living in conflict- or disaster-affected countries are illiterate, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on 31 January 2018 said, calling for greater investments in the education, particularly for the most disadvantaged children and youth.
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Unicef:
Children increasingly used as weapons of war
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The Guardian - In a statement summarising 2017 as a brutal year for children caught in conflict, Unicef said parties to conflicts were blatantly disregarding international humanitarian law and children were routinely coming under attack.
Rape, forced marriage, abduction and enslavement had become standard tactics in conflicts across Iraq, Syria and Yemen, as well as in Nigeria, South Sudan and Myanmar.
Some children, abducted by extremist groups, are abused again by security forces when they are released. Others are indirectly harmed by fighting, through malnutrition and disease, as access to food, water and sanitation are denied or restricted.
Some 27 million children in conflict zones have been forced out of school.
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How many U.S. WARS equal the one in Afghanistan
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«شهر رویایی من» از سوی انتشارات آرمان شهر به چاپ رسید
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ما میخواهیم کتاب بخوانیم! ما میخواهیم بازی کنیم؛ لبخند بزنیم! ما میخواهیم نقاشی بکشیم و میخواهیم دختر و پسر هم کفه و برابر در کنار یک دیگر آرام باشیم.
شهر رویایی من گزیده ای از نقاشی های پنجمین دوره جایزه بین المللی صلح سیمرغ همراه با شعرهایی از “کاروان مهر” به مناسبت پنجمین دوره هفته حقوق بشر از سوی انتشارات آرمان شهر چاپ شد.
اطلاعات مربوط به این کتاب را اینجا بخوانید
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قرار گرفتن جشن سده در تقویم رسمی تاجیکستان
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بی بی سی - برای اولین بار پس از رسمیت یافتن جشن سده در تاجیکستان و قرار گرفتن آن در تقویم رسمی به طور گسترده در سراسر کشور و با پیامی از سوی رئیس جمهور کشور، از آن تجلیل شده است. اکنون این روز به عنوان یک عید رسمی در تقویم تاجیکستان گنجانده شده است اگرچه هنوز این روز تعطیل عمومی اعلام نشده است.
رئیس جمهوری تاجیکستان به این مناسبت به مردم کشورش تبریک گفته و محافل رسمی “سده” روز سهشنبه با شرکت گسترده ساکنان شهر دوشنبه و نواحی اطراف آن و با اجرای برنامه های فرهنگی و هنری و نمایش آثار هنر دستی در باغ حکیم فردوسی، در جنوب پایتخت تاجیکستان، برگزار شد.
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ایران وایر - نهم بهمن ماه تصویر هشت زن در تهران و اصفهان و مشهد که روی بلندی ایستاده، شالهای سفید و رنگی خود را به چوبی وصل کردند و در هوا تکان میدهند در شبکههای اجتماعی منتشر شد. حرکتی که در پی کمپین «چهارشنبههای سفید» به راه افتاد و حالا به «دختران خیابان انقلاب» یا «دختران انقلاب» موسوم شده است. این نام اشاره به ویدا موحد دارد، نخستین زنی که این حرکت را در خیابان انقلاب تهران انجام داد.
یکی از این دختران، شیما بابایی است. ۲۴ مرداد ماه ۱۳۹۶، وقتی شیما بابایی سر کار بود، پلیس «امنیت اخلاقی» با منزل مادر او تماس گرفت و گفت شیما باید برای «پارهای از توضیحات» به دفتر این نهاد مراجعه کند. او با همسرش به این نهاد مراجعه و درخواست احضاریه کتبی کرد. احضاریه همان لحظه آماده شد و مهر خورد. چهارشنبه بود و شیما هم با شال سفید به پلیس امنیت اخلاقی رفته بود. مامور پلیس به او گفت روز شنبه مراجعه کند. روز شنبه که همراه با پدرش به پلیس «امنیت اخلاقی» رفت. ماموری به نام «رفیعی» او را بازجویی کرد که «چرا با حجاب مخالفی؟» اما در پی بحث، صدای «رفیعی» بالا رفت و در پاسخ اعتراض پدر شیما، با او دست به یقه شد. مطلب کامل را اینجا بخوانید.
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جدیدترین هفت روزنامه بین المللی حقوق بشری ۲۲۶
بحرین: فدراسیون و مرکز حقوق بشر بحرین شمار بی
سابقه حکم های اعدام را محکوم کردند
ایتالیا/لیبی: یک سال پس از معامله درباره
مهاجران زمان آزادی هزاران پناهجوی گرفتار رسیده است
استرالیا: بی توجهی به زندانیان معلول و تعدی به
آنها
روسیه/گرجستان: قربانیان فراموش شده ۱۰ سال پس
از جنگ
آلمان: افزایش شکاف بین خانوادههای فقیر و
ثروتمند
“خط فقر در تهران ۴ میلیون تومان است”
عربستان سعودی: وکلای دادگستری بریتانیا
خواهان اخراج عربستان از شورای حقوق بشر شدند
بریتانیا: دموکراسی هنوز به نیازهای زنان جواب
نداده است
“۴۹ درصد” از مردم ایران حجاب اجباری نمیخواهند
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هفت روزنامه حقوق بشری زنان
۲۰۹ - ۲۱۰
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در دو هفته ای که گذشت، تجربه زنان در سراسر جهان چگونه بود؟ مهم ترین رویدادهای حوزه زنان، از سیاست تا حقوق بشر، از فرهنگ تا جامعه و هنرچه بود؟ هفت روزنامه ی زنان آرمان شهر مهم ترین اخبار را یک جا برایتان گرد آوری کرده است.
در آخرین شماره ی ما میخوانید:
اعلامیه روز جهانی زن سال 2018
جنبش زنان؛ جنبش رهایی بخش سیاسی یا محدوده مطالبات خاص زنان
نائومی پارکر، الهامبخش مشهورترین «پوستر فمینیستی»، در ۹۶ سالگی درگذشت
افلاطون؛ پدر فمینیسم؟
پیگیری جنایت های داعش علیه زنان و افراد همجنسگرا، سابقه مهمی را تعیین خواهد کرد
گزارش صریح مرکز بررسی های استراتژیک درباره وضعیت حجاب در ایران
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گزارش
وضعیت زنان مدافع حقوق بشر در عربستان سعودی
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گزارشی که برنامهی نظارت بر حمایت از مدافعان حقوق بشر (مشارکت فدراسیون و سازمان جهانی مبارزه با شکنجه) منتشر میکند، با هیجان رسانهها در پی اعلام اصلاحات نمادین در این کشور ـ مثل اصلاحاتی که در فرمان سلطنتی سپتامبر ۲۰۱۷ بالاخره به زنان اجازه رانندگی داد ـ تفاوتی اساسی دارد. این گزارش وضعیت شرم آور زنان مدافع حقوق بشر را که هنوز در این کشور باید با محدودیتهای اساسی بر حقوق خود مقابله کنند، به نمایش میگذارد. آنها به عنوان زن زیر فشار نظام مردسالارانهای هستند که پایهی آن بر نابرابری جنسیتی قرار دارد. به علاوه، آنها باید در شرایطی زندگی کنند که هرگونه ابراز مخالفت را به شدت سرکوب میکند. زنانی که خشونت خانگی را گزارش میدهند یا به عنوان کنشگر فعالیت میکنند با سرکوبی بی امان روبرو هستند. این زنان در شرایطی که اجازهی راه اندازی جنبش یا تشکل ندارند، در شبکههای اجتماعی پناه میگیرند.
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REPORT
Condemned to silence: the situation of women human rights defenders
in Saudi Arabia
The report being released by the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (an FIDH-OMCT partnership) is a far cry from the media frenzy that was caused by the announcement of symbolic reforms, such as that set out in the September 2017 Royal Decree (at last) giving Saudi women permission to drive.
This report casts a harsh light on the scandalous situation of Saudi women human rights defenders who still have to cope with major restrictions to their rights. As women, they are subjected to a patriarchal regime that is steeped in gender inequality, and they must cope with a context that severely represses all voices of dissent. Women who report domestic violence or stand up as activists are confronted with unrelenting repression. Since they are not allowed to form movements or associations, they take refuge in social networks.
READ HERE: http://condemnedtosilence.fidh.org/
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Missing!
Conflict Literacy, Peace Literacy
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Human Wrongs Watch/ TRANSCEND Media Service
By Johan Galtung
The example is Robert Malley “10 Conflicts to Watch in 2018“, in Foreign Policy (USA) 2 Jan 2018:
1- North Korea, 2- US-Saudi-Iran rivalry, 3- Rohingya-Myanmar-Bangladesh, 4- Yemen, 5- Afghanistan, 6- Syria, 7- The Sahel, 8- Democratic Republic of the Congo, 9- Ukraine, 10- Venezuela.
No! These are not conflicts, but areas on a state-oriented map. Seven of them are states, two are regions of states. Only one, #2 listed, spells out a (tripartite) conflict formation, listing the parties.
USA is among the three, but could just as well have been included in at least 6 of the others. Malley’s listing makes USA almost invisible.
Why? Not imputing motives, Malley’s list, with one exception, gives an impression of 9 non-USA problem areas to watch, the USA being absent from all of them. These are not conflicts, but possibly arenas for conflict action.
However, listing USA in 7 of the 10 would convey the (correct) impression that USA is a major party to conflicts. READ MORE
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VIDEO:
Gendered Devolution:
Why it matters, how to do it
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ICAN has launche the third thematic animation in the Better Peace Initiative series! Gendered Devolution: Why it matters, how to do it explores why gender sensitivity and inclusivity in devolution processes matters and how it can be done in very practical ways.
Click here to view and download the video
Since the 1990’s the proliferation of actors and growing complexity of contemporary wars have demanded new approaches to their prevention and resolution. Traditional approaches to conflict resolution are not working. Inclusion of a range of actors is necessary to achieve sustainable peace.
Women are often the ones to stand up and struggle for peace in their country. Research conducted across conflict zones over the past 15 years has confirmed that the inclusion of women civil society in peace processes can reduce the chance of failure by 50%, and that women’s groups make significant contributions when present. But inclusion in practice requires a paradigm shift away from a narrow notion of peace negotiations as security and political processes to acknowledging that they must be inclusive societal processes.
Recognizing the need to move beyond the question of why inclusivity matters in peace processes to how to do it in practice, ICAN in 2014 launched its Better Peace Initiative (BPI). Drawing on consultations with expert practitioners and mediators, we developed the Better Peace Tool (BPT), the first in our series of tools. The BPT explores the history and evolution of peacemaking in modern times, and considers six common barriers to inclusion and how to overcome them. It then presents a four-part framework for the inclusion of women peacebuilders. The tool addresses the “how to” question by offering practical guidance for the effective inclusion of gender perspectives and women peacebuilders.
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Where are the investigative journalists
challenging patriarchy?
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Amid growing threats to our sexual and reproductive rights, and enduring inequality, discrimination and gender-based violence, we need fearless feminist investigative journalism now. Apply for 50.50's inaugural feminist investigative journalism fellowships.
When a younger, less-experienced man receives a higher salary for the same job. When senior, male colleagues ask about your sex life. When the dominance of precarious, freelance work means no maternity leave and limited reproductive choice.When everyone quoted, in yet another story, is a man. When all stock images of women seem to be of the same woman. When gender injustices and discrimination aren’t even on the agenda of possible story topics, let alone covered with the depth and commitment given to other issues. We have spent most of our adult lives in journalism. This means first-hand experience with gender inequality – in workplaces, and in what is produced in these spaces. READ HERE
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Khorasan: Land of the Sun
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The history of Khorasan stretches back to very ancient times. It was part of the Achaemenian Empire of the 6th to 4th century BC and the Parthian empire, which spanned from the 3rd century BC to the 3rd century CE. The Sasanians in the 3rd century CE, organized their empire into four quarters named from the cardinal points, Khorāsān being literally the “Land of the Sun.”
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