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Children’s Rights

Sexual Assault in the Name of Science in Afghanistan

HRW Heather Barr/ Senior Researcher, Women’s Rights Division Each year, dozens or even hundreds of women and girls in Afghanistan are subjected to invasive, humiliating, and sometimes painful vaginal and rectal exams in the name of […]

Friday، 4 March، 2016

Evidence on rampant violence against children ‘compels us to act’ – UNICEF report

Violence against children is universal – so prevalent and deeply ingrained in societies it is often unseen and accepted as the norm – according to new, unprecedented data presented by the United Nations today

Tuesday، 9 September، 2014

UN report urges Afghanistan to recruit female teachers locally to boost girls’ education

Source: UNAMA A United Nations report released on 29th of January 2014 said that female teachers are “urgently needed” to boost the education of girls in Afghanistan, which has the highest level of gender disparity […]

Wednesday، 5 February، 2014

76th Goftegu Public Debate: Building the present and future of Children

Speakers: Ms. Fatana Ishaq Gailani (Founder and chairwoman of Afghanistan Women Council), M. Mohammad Sarwar Hosseini (Deputy-head of Literacy and Informal Training at the Ministry of Education), M. Mohammad Aslam Jawadi (Director of Sociology Department of Kateb University), Ms. Safa Mazari (Director of orphanages, Ministry of Labour and Social affairs)

Friday، 9 August، 2013