Citizens and Civil Society

123rd Goftegu Public Debate (year VII): Women debate peace

28 Afghan human rights, women’s rights & civil society organisations & networks publish today an open letter to Ms. Navy Pillay, UN Human Rights Commissioner & draw her attention to serious human rights violations & offer detailed recommendations to the Gvt. of Afghanistan & the ICC.

122nd Goftegu Public Debate: Library of Peace and Justice – Armanshahr’s Caravan of Books heading for Jami University

121st Goftegu Public Debate: Who are the protectors of sustainable peace? – Report & Photo Gallery

UN NEWS CENTER: Opening remarks by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay at a press conference during her visit to Afghanistan Kabul, 17 September 2013 Good morning, and thank you for coming. This […]

Nobleprize.org The Nobel Prize and Prize in Economic Sciences have been awarded to women 44 times between 1901 and 2012. Only one woman, Marie Curie, has been honoured twice, with the 1903 Nobel Prize in […]

Kerilynn Engel Women’s history In the modern era of democracy, women in countries around the world have struggled and fought to gain the right to vote alongside men. They have faced barriers to voting not […]

Interviews by Kira Cochrane, Sarah Phillips and Jane Martinson The Guardian (Monday 3 June 2013) On the centenary of the death of Emily Davison, we ask prominent figures from the worlds of arts, science and […]

Armanshahr Foundation’s 120th (year VII) GOFTEGU public debate, a bridge between the elite and the citizens, was held in collaboration with Cooperation Center for Afghanistan at the French Institute of Afghanistan on 29th August 2013 with the title of “TASK OF THE NEXT GOVERNMENT IN THE FACE OF THE MONSTER OF ILLITERACY”.

Education in crisis. The mix of poverty, insecurity & lack of trained teachers in Ghor made many parents refrain from sending. Empty classrooms, fake girls’ schools, teachers’ salaries siphoned off by warlords: in Afghanistan’s west, the shadows of strongmen loom large.