Issues

This report by Mounira Charrad was presented at the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) Division for Social Policy and Development Expert Group Meeting, New York, 15 – 17 May 2012

Development projects and coonstruction work around military bases make up an overwhelmingly large part of Afghanistan’s economy. With foreign troops withdrawing and declining aid, the country is looking for its future economic path.

Governments wanting to limit impunity for the most serious international crimes should look to the examples of three European countries showing leadership in this area, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.

This report documents the dynamics of violence against women in South Asia across the life cycle, from early childhood to old age. It explores the different types of violence that women may face throughout their lives, as well as the associated perpetrators (male and female)

Source: The Guardian As the Nato summit gets under way, the government’s promise to ensure women are fully represented is being put to the test In June, Britain’s then foreign secretary, William Hague, and Hollywood […]

Social justice movements are able to generate deep and lasting changes that policy change and development interventions alone cannot achieve. However, in many cases, women’s rights and gender justice remain low on the priorities of movements

Source: FIDH 6 Spetmebre 2014 FIDH and its member organization Armanshahr/OPEN ASIA welcome the announcement that the physical audit of the 14 June Afghan Presidential run-off election has been completed, and call on the two […]

Control and Sexuality examines zina laws in some Muslim contexts and communities in order to explore connections between the criminalisation of sexuality, gender-based violence and women’s rights activism.

Over 180 people including staff and students of Kabul University, representatives of national and international organizations and government Ministries came together today for a panel discussion to mark an exhibition of Steve McCurry’s powerful photographs at ACKU.

For the past two years, Lorenzo Tugnoli and I have looked at the city of Kabul through the eyes of a number of artists. Their stories are told in The Little Book of Kabul, which we released in 500 copies.