Women

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 […]

With the drawdown of allied Forces inching closer, the Afghan Taliban and its affiliates in their pursuit of the enforcement of a brutal extremist Islamism have escalated violence and oppression against women across the country.

Madonna announced last week she plans to sell a 1921 cubist painting, “Three Women,” by Fernand Léger to help raise money for girls’ education projects in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The singer said she wanted to “trade something valuable for something invaluable.”

HRW to President Karzai: Implement Elimination of Violence Against Women Law. “The presidential election approaching, as Afghanistan’s leader & as the president who signed the EVAW Law, you will want to leave with a lasting legacy of respect for women’s rights.”

EU HR Guidelines published or the first time in Persian. Including Death Penalty; Torture, HR dialogues with third countries; Children & armed conflict; HR Defenders; Protection of the Rights of the Child; VAW, International Humanitarian Law.

Education in crisis. The mix of poverty, insecurity & lack of trained teachers in Ghor made many parents refrain from sending. Empty classrooms, fake girls’ schools, teachers’ salaries siphoned off by warlords: in Afghanistan’s west, the shadows of strongmen loom large.

Ms Homeira Ghaderi (writer and women’s rights activist) made the following speech during the 118th Goftegu public debate of Armanshahr on 3 July 2013.

The session considered reports from the following seven State parties: Afghanistan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Cape Verde, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dominican Republic, Serbia, and United Kingdom.

Despite constant dangers, Afghan women’s poetry continues to flourish. One outlet for women’s poetry is Mirman Baheer, Afghanistan’s largest literary society for women. Mirman Baheer operates in Kabul with over 100 members.

Dr. Massouda Jalal opendemocracy.net With more fundamentalists predicted to win seats in the forthcoming election, the future is likely to see once again the use of religion as an instrument of extreme gender based oppression […]