Afghanistan
View webcast 5 December 2011 – The challenges ahead as Afghanistan seeks to consolidate peace and development are large but the international community will not be deterred in its support for the country’s efforts, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon…
Afghanistan
10 Years After Bonn, Human Rights Situation Remains Critical (New York) – The Afghan government and its allies abroad have failed to make human rights a top priority in the decade since the fall of the Taliban…
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Leaders attending the Bonn Conference on the future of Afghanistan must make an explicit declaration that women’s rights will not be negotiated away in any peace deal with insurgent groups, ActionAid said today. Foreign Ministers and officials…
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The Gharati Village middle school surrounding wall has assured parents of their children’s safety 30 NOVEMBER 2011 | HIRAT, AFGHANISTAN With USAID support, the community and the Provincial Line Department of Education collaborated to construct the Gharati Middle…
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Herat, November 2011: Fatima (name changed), resident of Injil on the outskirts of Herat city in western Afghanistan, was married to her first cousin Sultan, at age 15. Unable to cope with the daily physical violence…
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UNMAS VISITS MAPA The newly-appointed United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) Programme Unit Chief, Paul Heslop, visited the Mine Action Coordination Center of Afghanistan (MACCA) for four days in November to reaffirm UNMAS’ commitment to the project…
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29 November 2011 - The 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence is an international campaign that runs from 25 November, International Day of Elimination of Violence against Women, through 10 December, International Human Rights Day.…
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KABUL, 28 November 2011 (IRIN) - Afghanistan still has a long way to go before women in the country are fully protected under the two-year-old Elimination of Violence Against Women (EVAW) law, a report concludes. The joint…
Afghanistan
The 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence is an international campaign that runs from 25 November, International Day of Elimination of Violence against Women, through 10 December, International Human Rights Day. This year’s theme is…
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By Frud Bezhan November 24, 2011 Thousands of children roam the dusty streets and grimy alleyways of Afghanistan, working to earn desperately needed money for their families. The sight of shabbily-dressed children, sometimes as young as three years…
