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A draft Iranian HR charter being consulted on this month by the Office of the President should be amended to address major gaps in the protection of human rights, Amnesty International urged.

Source: Open Democracy Women in Iraq bear the brunt of increasing levels of gender-based violence, inadequate infrastructure and poverty. Yet women activists recognize that their struggle for equality and social justice as women cannot be […]

Armanshahr Human Rights & Civil Society newsletter – issue 50 year VI

The General Assembly, Reaffirming the importance of the observance of the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations for the promotion and protection of all human rights and fundamental freedoms for all […]

By Kreshma Fakhri Begging on the street has spawned a vicious practice: beggar mafia are renting children in Kabul, and drugging them with opium to ply their trade. Afghan cities are seeing Pakistani beggars in […]

Afghan Zar Riza By Syed Zafar Mehdi  The second edition of Herat International Women’s Film Festival to be held in March 20014 seeks to provide platform to young filmmakers and change societal attitude towards women […]

Armanshahr Human Rights & Civil Society newsletter – issue 49 year VI

in Bibliographies & Resources UN related United Kingdom Violence against women Child Early and Forced Marriage Publication Author: WLUML In 2012, a two-part study on the state of forced marriage was undertaken by Women Living […]

Afghanistan Analysts Network Author: Thomas Ruttig Date: 30 December 2013 Looking back from a vantage point: Parts of the international community paint rather brightly what has happened in terms of aid and security over the past […]

Armanshahr Human Rights & Civil Society newsletter – issue 48 year VI