Afghanistan

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”

Humans were born from wisdom and, thanks to wisdom, they began dialogue and opened the gate to understanding. Wisdom has an origin in whose name I shall begin my words. On the occasion of the […]

Armanshahr/OPENASIA HR & Civil Society Newsletter – issue 96 year VII

Armanshahr Foundation/OPENASIA is honored to host the Human Rights Week at the Institut Français d’Afghanistan with a variety of programs including Public debates with leading figures from the government, members of the civil society and international experts

On 3 and 4 December 2014, the governments of the UK and Afghanistan will co-host the London Development Conference on Afghanistan, inviting government representatives from around the world to discuss the current situation in Afghanistan

The ongoing international military withdrawal from Afghanistan has set the stage for energising the activities of Afghanistan’s external stakeholders to re-evaluate their activities. The possible return of the Taliban in some form could compel Afghanistan’s current external partners—Iran, India and Russia—to turn into limited spoilers.

Armanshahr/OPENASIA HR & Civil Society Newsletter – issue 95 year VII

Nine years before an Afghan girl named Soheila was born, her half brother Aminullah eloped with a woman who had been betrothed to his cousin, an event that led to years of violent feuding between two sides of their family in Nuristan.

Women’s rights have been held up as one of the most tangible gains of the international intervention in Afghanistan. Yet, despite 13 years of promises from the international community that women’s rights are a high priority, these gains remain fragile and are at an increasing risk of erosion.

Just in one incident more than 100 people lost their lives, this is the impact of many of atrocities that we witness every day