Afghanistan
There have been significant developments in women's participation in public life in the last five years. Women now represent 27 percent of the National Assembly and hold one-sixth of the seats in the Upper House, ranking Afghanistan as 20th…
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On International Youth Day Save the Children highlights the plight of hundreds of thousands of children around the world who are currently incurring the atrocities of war in their everyday lives, mirroring those in the Middle East. During the…
Afghanistan
The following statement was issued on 8 August by the Special Rapporteur on the right to education of the United Nations, Vernor Muñoz Villalobos: "In my capacity as Special Rapporteur on the right to education, I would like to appeal…
Afghanistan
UNICEF fears progress in education will be reversed KABUL/GENEVA, 4 August 2006 - UNICEF warned today that schools in Afghanistan are the targets of increasingly dramatic attacks, noting that reported incidents have spread from the south and southeastern region to all…
Afghanistan
ACTED's involvement with the National Solidarity Program (NSP) is now nearly four years old. This program, the largest local governance and rural development project in the history of Afghanistan, is now also the flagship of ACTED in this country. NSP…
Afghanistan
IN THIS ISSUE: - ISAF takes over responsibility for security in six southern provinces from the US-led coalition forces - Afghan Government and the UN launch drought appeal - Counter-insurgency operations continue to result in intense fighting - Reports that Afghan cabinet has…
Afghanistan
(from "Forced Migration Review" Supplement - Education and Conflict: Research, Policy and Practice) by Jeaniene Spink Since the December 2001 Bonn Agreement, Afghanistan has adopted a new constitution, held democratic elections and established a national army. Education, however, has been treated…
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ECOSOC/6234 Discusses Mainstreaming Gender Perspective Into United Nations, Women, Development, Advancement of Women (Reissued as received.) GENEVA, 25 July 2006 (UN Information Service) - The Economic and Social Council this afternoon adopted a number of texts contained in the report of the…
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Summary From fear of terrorism, from threats of the enemies of Afghanistan, today as we speak, some 100,000 Afghan children who went to school last year, and the year before last, do not go to school. -President Karzai on International Women's…
