Editor Selection

Violence against children is universal – so prevalent and deeply ingrained in societies it is often unseen and accepted as the norm – according to new, unprecedented data presented by the United Nations today

Social justice movements are able to generate deep and lasting changes that policy change and development interventions alone cannot achieve. However, in many cases, women’s rights and gender justice remain low on the priorities of movements

Source: FIDH 6 Spetmebre 2014 FIDH and its member organization Armanshahr/OPEN ASIA welcome the announcement that the physical audit of the 14 June Afghan Presidential run-off election has been completed, and call on the two […]

Armanshahr Human Rights & Civil Society newsletter – issue 85 year VII

Control and Sexuality examines zina laws in some Muslim contexts and communities in order to explore connections between the criminalisation of sexuality, gender-based violence and women’s rights activism.

For the past two years, Lorenzo Tugnoli and I have looked at the city of Kabul through the eyes of a number of artists. Their stories are told in The Little Book of Kabul, which we released in 500 copies.

136th Goftegu Public Debate: History recorded – Afghanistan through Steve McCurry’s lenses – Invitation

Year 2014 is historic for Afghanistan and it is people. The Afghan citizens through practice of democracy will once again have a new elected government. This in decades will be transfer of political power from one president to the other in a peaceful and democratic way

Armanshahr Human Rights & Civil Society newsletter – issue 84 year VII