Citizens and Civil Society

Environment News Service (ENS) By Zabihullah Ghazi KHOST CITY, Afghanistan, August 28, 2013 (ENS) – Once-green mountainsides across Afghanistan are still being stripped of their trees as the long-running process of deforestation continues. The head […]

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.

Global Voices Alexander Sodiqov An international conference on water cooperation ended in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan, on August 21. More than 900 representatives from about 70 countries and organizations attended the conference. Yet the […]

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

Deniz Kandiyoti 2 November 2009 opendemocracy.net War and mismanagement have produced a breakdown of trust, decency and reciprocity in Afghan society. Gender activism needs to be understood in that context, and not be tempted by […]

Dr. Massouda Jalal opendemocracy.net With more fundamentalists predicted to win seats in the forthcoming election, the future is likely to see once again the use of religion as an instrument of extreme gender based oppression […]

By Daisy Sindelar, Umid Bobomatov, Torokul Doorov, Normahmad Kholov and Ganjina Ganjova Khusanjon, a 44-year-old labor migrant from Uzbekistan, was expecting a busy Sunday at the Khovansky construction market in southwest Moscow. Instead, he and […]

Armanshahr, in collaboration with the Institut français d’Afghanistan (IFA), invites you to the 118th (Year VII) GOFTEGU public debate to celebrate Seven years of perseverance to institutionalise the culture of dialogue and reading.

Armanshahr Foundation held its 117th public debate “Goftegu, a bridge between the elite and the citizens” (7th year) with the title of “Face-to-Face: Elections and young people’s red line” at Allameh Saljouqi Hall in Herat on 13 June 2013.