Citizens and Civil Society
Statement – The Observatory – AFGHANISTAN: Urgent action needed to protect women rights defenders
AFGHANISTAN: Urgent action needed to protect women rights defenders Paris-Geneva, April 14, 2021 – Women human rights defenders in Nangarhar Province are at high risk of being killed following death threats issued by the Islamic […]
Thursday 15 April 2021197th Dialogue : “Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: A Glossary from A to Z”: in the wake of decades of struggle against anti-women violence
197th Dialogue “Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: A Glossary from A to Z”: in the wake of decades of struggle against anti-women violence A report on the conference launching Words Matter Campaign: 61 words, 61 […]
Wednesday 31 March 2021Statement – The Observatory – AFGHANISTAN: Attacks on civil society and human rights defenders intensify
Paris-Geneva, March 4, 2021 – Over the past five months, the situation of human rights defenders and journalists has deteriorated significantly in Afghanistan, with at least fourteen targeted killings and constant harassment reported. The Observatory […]
Thursday 4 March 2021Report : How social media is changing Afghan society
Heinrich Boll Stiftung, The Green Political Foundation, originally published on 14 February 2018. by Sayed Asef Hossaini . Social media has played a critical role in influencing change in Afghanistan. The potential anonymity of the internet […]
Wednesday 3 March 2021In Study of Social Media in Afghanistan, Women Report Mixed Feelings
Internews By Laura Stein Lindamood. Download and Read the Full Report Here The power of still-nascent social media to affect social change, distribute information, and affect traditional roles are among findings of a new wide-ranging […]
Wednesday 3 March 2021Killing of Human Rights Defenders and Media Professionals in Afghanistan – New UN Report
Press Release KILLING OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS AND MEDIA PROFESSIONALS IN AFGHANISTAN – NEW UN REPORT KABUL, 15 February 2021 – The period following the start of Afghanistan Peace Negotiations in September 2020 has […]
Monday 15 February 2021Biden’s Challenge: Redeeming a US Role for Human Rights
Human Rights Watch – World Report 2021 Introductory remark by Kenneth Roth. After four years of a president who was indifferent and often hostile to human rights, the November 2020 election of Joe Biden […]
Wednesday 27 January 2021Kabul Under Siege: Op-Ed
Tolo News By William Maley, Professor. Published 28 December 2020. Kabul is a city under siege. It may not be besieged in the way that Berlin was in April 1945, but the daily lives of its […]
Wednesday 27 January 2021The Other Pandemic: Fighting Inequality as We Beat Back Covid
Human Rights Watch By Lena Simet and Komala Ramachandra and Sarah Saadoun At the dawn of 2020, our world was already in crisis. High and rising economic inequality meant that someone born with few resources could see their basic human […]
Tuesday 19 January 2021Afghan Leaders Sideline Spokesmen in an Escalating Misinformation War
The New York Times By Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Fahim Abed and Najim Rahim Published Jan. 10, 2021Updated Jan. 15, 2021 The Ghani administration and the Taliban are fighting a public-relations battle, with the government taking more drastic measures to control the flow […]
Tuesday 19 January 2021
