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Peaceful Protest against the passing of the weak draft of mineral law by the Wolusi Jirga

Source: Heinrich Boll Stiftung The Wolusi Jirga of Afghanistan is about to vote on the mineral law of the country inside parliament, while Afghan civil society specially the Natural Resources Monitoring Network (NRMN) has been […]

Wednesday 30 April 2014

Hasina Safi: “One new phenomenon is the men who believe in women and their power”

Hasina Safi is the Director of the Afghan Women’s Network, an organization of women boasting 5,000 members and 65 member organizations. Safi was featured in the 2011 documentary about the role of women in the war and post-conflict process in Afghanistan.

Wednesday 30 April 2014

Rafi Behroozian: “I strongly support the media revolution”

Rafi Behroozian was born in Herat in 1978 and lived in Iran as a migrant for 23 years. He returned to Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban. In the last decade he has been a musician and audiovisual media activist. He is the founder of the Daf Cultural Centre.

Tuesday 29 April 2014

Seifuddin Sayhoun: “It was a woman who decided my fate”

Professor Seifuddin Sayhoun was one of the principal planners for the Ministry of Women’s Affairs strategy on economic rights and the security of women. He studied economics at university and started teaching at Kabul University’s Economics School in 1994.

Monday 28 April 2014

Torpikai Nawabi: “Popular uprisings against the Taliban prove that the people do not want them to rule Afghanistan anymore”

Torpikai Nawabi is an elected Member of the Kabul Provincial Council. She has an MA in Administration and Management from India. She has been a long-term activist in favour of women’s rights.

Friday 25 April 2014

Ahmad Fahim Hakim: “Peace talks with the Taliban lack red lines, clear policy, and transparency”

Ahmad Fahim Hakim is a civil society and human rights activist. He was previously the Deputy Chairperson of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission. He is a graduate of York University in Britain.

Thursday 24 April 2014

Saeed Haqiqi: “There is a fear in the air of 2014”

Saeed Haqiqi is a journalist and writer from Herat.

Wednesday 23 April 2014

Mary Nabard Ayeen: “Women’s rights must not be sacrificed in a peace deal with the Taliban”

Mary Nabard Ayeen is a journalist. She is the Deputy Director of Bhakhtar News Agency, the official state news agency of Afghanistan, and Managing Editor of the weekly publication Seerat.

Tuesday 22 April 2014

Mir Mohammad Yaqub Mashuf: “The government’s actions for women are empty and symbolic”

Mohammad Yaqub Mashuf is an economist and writer. He also collaborates with mainstream Afghan media and produces articles on economic and political affairs.

Monday 21 April 2014

Seraj ul-Haq Fazl: “Educated Afghans will prevent a repetition of the past”

Seraj ul-Haq Fazl is a judicial adviser to Afghanistan’s Interior Ministry. He studied at the Islamic Azad University in Iran and obtained a BA from the School of Law and Political Science and an MA in International Law.

Friday 18 April 2014