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Armanshahr Human Rights & Civil Society newsletter – issue 55 year VI
Armanshahr Human Rights and Civil Society bilingual newsletter is now published every week. Read issue 55, year VI
Monday 10 February 2014Armanshahr Human Rights & Civil Society newsletter – issue 54 year VI
Armanshahr Human Rights and Civil Society bilingual newsletter is now published every week. Read issue 54, year VI
Monday 10 February 2014U.S. discusses Afghan troop levels; Kabul holds talks with Taliban
Source: chicagotribune.com WASHINGTON/KABUL (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama met his senior military commanders to discuss the American presence in Afghanistan as officials in Kabul confirmed President Hamid Karzai’s government has been holding secret talks […]
Monday 10 February 2014Seyyedeh Mojgan Mostafavi: “Women have always been the first victims of wars in Afghanistan”
Unveiling Afghanistan Campaign: Seyyedeh Mojgan Mostafavi is the Deputy Minister for Women’s Affairs, and a Professor in the School of Journalism at Kabul University.
Monday 10 February 2014133rd Goftegu Public Debate: Opening ceremony of Unveiling Afghanistan, The Unheard Voices of Progress, what we expect from election? – Report
On 3rd February 2014, the 133rd public Dialogue/GOFTEGU of Armanshahr/OPEN ASIA was held at the French Institute of Afghanistan (IFA) in Kabul.
Friday 7 February 2014Partaw Naderi: “Democracies deal with citizens, not ethnicities”
Unveiling Afghanistan Campaign: Partaw Naderi is the one of the only Afghan poets whose work is widely translated into different languages. He writes frequently about democracy, human rights, particularly the rights of minorities, and the meaning of citizenship.
Friday 7 February 2014New Afghanistan law to silence victims of violence against women
A new Afghan law will allow men to attack their wives, children and sisters without fear of judicial punishment, undoing years of slow progress in tackling violence in a country blighted by so-called “honour” killings, forced marriage and vicious domestic abuse.
Friday 7 February 20142nd International Women’s Film Festival Brochure 2014
The second International Women’s film festival kicked off in western Herat province of Afghanistan on Saturday. The three-day film festival will mainly focus on violence against women and women’s right in Afghanistan which will be attended by filmmakers both from Afghanistan and abroad.
Thursday 6 February 2014Shukria Haidar: “I was forced to leave my country”
Unveiling Afghanistan Campaign: Shukria Haidar is a human rights activist. She sought refuge in France following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, and founded NEGAR, an association for the defence of women’s rights, after the Taliban seized control in 1996.
Thursday 6 February 2014UN report urges Afghanistan to recruit female teachers locally to boost girls’ education
Source: UNAMA A United Nations report released on 29th of January 2014 said that female teachers are “urgently needed” to boost the education of girls in Afghanistan, which has the highest level of gender disparity […]
Wednesday 5 February 2014
