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Issues

Preparing to Launch a Gender Quota Adoption Campaign

Politicize and popularize the significance of increased women’s political representation and its role on further democratization: In order to build a national discourse on women’s political participation, quota advocates must know the history and situation of women’s political representation in their country.

Tuesday 16 February 2016

NATIONAL ACTION PLAN FOR THE WOMEN OF AFGHANISTAN

The advancement of women has always been central to our pursuit of national peace and reconstruction.

Tuesday 16 February 2016

Handbook For Women’s Rights Advocates

Advocacy is public support for an idea, cause or policy. It involves people participating in decision-making processes which affect their lives.

Tuesday 16 February 2016

Conference Report: Women and Political Participation

The Women & Youth Outreach Department of Free & Fair Election Forum of Afghanistan (FEFA) held a conference under the title of Women and Political participation to release its findings from 8 provincial focus groups and 6 consultation meetings on women and political participation.

Tuesday 16 February 2016

Women and the Elections: Facilitating and Hindering Factors in the Upcoming Parliamentary Elections

Although women’s participation in parliamentary elections in the rhetorical discourses of changes in Afghanistan’s post-2001 context is framed as ‘new’, a quick overview of the historical-political context informs us of women’s presence in the political sphere much earlier than 2001.

Tuesday 16 February 2016

Afghanistan’s National Action Plan on UNSCR 1325 Women, Peace and Security

The Afghanistan’s National Action Plan (NAP) on UNSCR 1325 women, peace and security is developed to address the challenges women faced in the aftermath of war and conflict in Afghanistan.

Tuesday 16 February 2016

Women Participation in Politics: A Case Study of Afghan Women

Women are awarded minimized role in politics. Political activities are considered the special domain for men. Women are stressed that home is predominant place.

Tuesday 16 February 2016

Women Vision 2024

The past ten years in Afghanistan have proven to be a decade of remarkable progress in the lives of Afghan Women.

Tuesday 16 February 2016

Women in Peace and Security through United Nations Security Resolution 1325

The complex challenges and opportunities of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda, as enunciated in United National Security Council Resolution 1325 of 2000, and several subsequent resolutions, lend themselves to both a “cup half full” and a “cup half empty” interpretation.

Tuesday 16 February 2016

The Dilemma of Women and Leadership in Afghanistan: Lessons and Recommendations

A new chapter of Afghan history has been written. The Government of National Unity is formed. The Bilateral Security Agreement and the Status of Forces Agreement are signed with the United States and NATO.

Tuesday 16 February 2016