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6th Human Rights Week opens in Kabul

8 December 2018 Armanshahr Foundation is holding the 6th Human Rights Week from 8-14 December, as in the past six years, marking the National Day of Victims in Afghanistan (9 December), the International Human Rights […]

Wednesday 9 January 2019

Press Release 5th International Simorgh Peace Prize awards

For this edition of the 5th International Simorgh Peace Prize, five schools from Kabul, Herat and Kandahar provinces were selected as the awardees of the lapis lazuli Simorgh Peace Statute.

Wednesday 9 January 2019

You Should Be Worrying about the Woman Shortage

The World Health Organization says the natural sex ratio at birth is about 105 boys to every 100 girls and its best to have equal numbers of men and women in a society.

Thursday 20 December 2018

Home is the deadliest place for women as violence rises – U.N.

UN Report, women continue to pay the highest price as a result of gender inequality, discrimination and negative stereotypes.

Thursday 20 December 2018

Tokyo Film Review: ‘Cold Sweat’

Film review: A female indoor soccer player takes her case to court when her husband won’t let her leave the country to play in the biggest match of her life.

Thursday 20 December 2018

Film hailing Saudi progress on women’s rights branded ‘dreadful propaganda’

Feminism Saudi-style? ‘Next to every great woman, a man believing in her’

Thursday 20 December 2018

VICTIMS AT THE CENTER OF JUSTICE: Reflections on the Promises and the Reality of Victim Participation at the ICC (1998-2018)

Representations in Afghanistan: Unprecedented Challenges & Lessons Learned, K. Wigard, G. Jahangiri, Z. Moballegh & Challenges for Legal representation of Victims of U.S. Torture on Territory of Afghanistan & other ICC States Parties, K. Gallagher

Wednesday 12 December 2018

FIDH calls on the ICC and national jurisdictions to step up the fight against impunity for sexual violence

Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) against both women and men remain invisible and go unpunished. FIDH calls on the ICC and national jurisdictions to step up the fight against impunity for sexual violence.

Wednesday 12 December 2018

FIDH speech to the 17th session of the Assembly of States Parties to the ICC Statute

17th session of the ASP to ICC Speech delivered on 6 Dec. 18 in The Hague by Guissou Jahangiri, FIDH Vice President & Armanshahr/OPEN ASIA Exec. Director: Provide the Court with the resources it needs, in Burundi and Georgia, Afghanistan & Palestine.

Monday 3 December 2018

How Kenyan women are fighting for themselves in court

Self-representation of women in court is a key technique because we found out that the numbers of women who want to get justice in court are many more than the number of advocates we have

Thursday 29 November 2018