Editor Selection

Although there are more than 52 million domestic workers world-wide, including more than 21 million in Asia Pacific, only a small minority are covered by general labour laws

An audit of the hundreds of millions of dollars spent by the United States on programs designed to benefit Afghan women found the success of the efforts cannot be comprehensively assessed because the U.S. agencies involved could not track their spending

Armanshahr/OPENASIA HR & Civil Society Newsletter – issue 97 year VII

The goal of reducing gender inequalities in political representation has been elusive in many different kinds of political systems, even though women have made substantial progress in other areas, such as education, employment and healthcare.

Бунёди “Ормоншаҳр/OPEN ASIA” ифтихор дорад, ки барандагони сеюмин даври ҷоизаи байналмилалии “Сулҳи Симурғ”-ро тайи маросими бошукӯҳе, ки дар шаҳри Кобул баргузор шуд, эълом намояд.

10th of December, was the fourth day of the Human Rights Week. University professors, HR activists, students and citizens of Kabul attended the Goftegu public debate titled “Defending human rights and women’s rights defenders against repression

Tuesday, 9 December, was the third day of the Human Rights Week. Civil society activists, students and citizens of Kabul attended the Goftegu public debate titled “What does Transitional Justice mean to Afghans? Going beyond intentions and acting practically to build peace at the national level”.

Kabul -Today, Armanshahr Foundation/OPEN ASIA announced the recipients of the 3rd International Simorgh Peace Prize awards. In the 3rd Festival, works of musicians in Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Iran were appreciated. The following artists are the recipients of the azure statute of Simorgh Peace Prize.

Monday, 8 December, was the second day of the Human Rights Week. A large number of civil society activists, visual, audio and print media journalists, intellectuals, university professors, students and citizens of Kabul attended the Goftegu public debate titled “The role of media and social networks in defending human rights and democratic processes”.

On Sunday 7 December 2014, the first day of Human Rights Week 2014 began under the title of “Women’s political participation and safeguarding achievements”