Issues

7 ridiculous restrictions on women’s rights around the world

The New York Times By ELLEN BARRY and MANSI CHOKSI In Mumbai Case, a Group of Assault Suspects Had Little Fear of the Law MUMBAI, India — At 5:30 p.m. on that Thursday, four young men were playing […]

Two hundred and eighteen rights defenders in Shanghai signed a public appeal urging the United Nations not to elect China to the 47-member Human Rights Council. The election will be held on November 12 among UN member states in the General Assembly.

The Afghan state has failed to protect women from violence. 12 years after the Taliban’s ouster, despite international support & the hard work of human rights activists, equal protection & equal benefit of the law are notable by their absence for majority of Afghan women.

The GlobalandMail REVIEWED BY ILANA TEITELBAUM Special to The Globe and Mail Published Friday, Oct. 25 2013 “I once lived in a harem in Afghanistan” is the gripping opening sentence of An American Bride in Kabul, in which […]

As the presidential election approaches in 2014, with the security transition at the year’s end, Afghan women, including parliamentarians and rights activists, are concerned that the hard-won political, economic and social gains achieved since the U.S.-led intervention in 2001 may be rolled back or conceded in negotiations with the insurgents. There will be no sustainable peace unless there is justice, and justice demands that the state respect and protect the rights of women, half its population.

IRIN humanitarian news and analysis (a service of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) What will the humanitarian enterprise look like in 10-year-time? What are the risks, the opportunities? This new In-Depth […]

During the height of Canada’s combat deployment in southern Afghanistan, the young correspondent Graeme Smith stood out in the press corps because of his seniority in the city of Kandahar. Many journalists dropped in briefly, […]

By Dana Burde and Leigh L. Linden * We conduct a randomized evaluation of the effect of village-based schools on children’s academic performance using a sample of 31 villages and 1,490 children in rural northwestern […]

Table of Contents Acknowledgements………………………………………………………….…2 Acronyms and Abbreviations.…….….…………………………………….….3 Executive Summary………………………………………………………….…4 Introduction………………………………………………………………….….7 Research Findings…………………………………………………………….…9 School Attendance………………………………………………….….9 Desired Achievement……………………………….….….……….…10 Poverty……………………………………….…………………………11 Early and/or Forced Marriage……….….….…….…………….……13 Insecurity………………………………….……………….……………14 The Role of Families and Communities………………………..…….16 Physical Access to Education…………………………….….….….…17 Education Quality…………….…….…….……………….…….…….19 Recommendations………………………………………………….….……….23 […]