Afghanistan

The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission, Armanshahr Foundation and the Herat Young People’s Literary Society organised a poetry reading night at the regional offices of the AIHRC in Herat on 4 June 2013 to celebrate the 11th anniversary of the commission’s establishment. Poets, writers, cultural activists and members of the AIHRC from different provinces were present at the meeting.

Ms Homeira Ghaderi (writer and women’s rights activist) made the following speech during the 118th Goftegu public debate of Armanshahr on 3 July 2013.

An alliance of 36 Afghan and international civil society organisations have urged the Afghan government and its donors to deliver on their commitment to effective oversight in the country’s extractives sector. The call, made in letters sent to the Afghan Minister of Mines, Wahidullah Shahrani (http://cts.vresp.com/c/?GlobalWitness/929710e6d6/18f696b56d/6462613399), and key international partners (http://cts.vresp.com/c/?GlobalWitness/929710e6d6/18f696b56d/c95e81902f) comes ahead of a crucial meeting taking place in Kabul on the 3rd July.

The session considered reports from the following seven State parties: Afghanistan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Cape Verde, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dominican Republic, Serbia, and United Kingdom.

Despite constant dangers, Afghan women’s poetry continues to flourish. One outlet for women’s poetry is Mirman Baheer, Afghanistan’s largest literary society for women. Mirman Baheer operates in Kabul with over 100 members.

120th Goftegu Public Debate: Task of the Next Government in the face of Monster of Illiteracy – Invitation

Armanshahr Human rights and civil society periodical, Issues 31-32, August 2013 published. Special issue on 7 years of Public GOFTEGU debates

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