Informes

(New York, 5 June 2013): OCHA Operations Director John Ging highlighted the serious consequences of humanitarian funding shortfalls following his weeklong mission to Afghanistan and Pakistan with the Emergency Directors of six UN agencies. “We are very concerned that…

New York, 3 June 2013 – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Ms. Leila Zerrougui, condemns two deadly attacks that have killed at least 19 people, including 12 children, in Eastern…

Afghan women have been demonstrating in Kabul and London this week in support of a key law protecting Afghan women against violence. The groundbreaking Elimination of Violence Against Women law (EVAW) was passed by Presidential decree…

Concludes Dialogue on the Effects of Foreign Debt and on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers The Human Rights Council this morning held a clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions…

28 May 2013 – Georgette Gagnon's resume reads like a who's who of the globe's most prominent danger zones. With past experiences across hot-spots in Africa and Bosnia, the Canadian-born Director of the United Nations Assistance…

On Monday 13 May, 27 participants from seven provinces assembled at Park Star Hotel in Kabul to learn about gender based violence (GBV) and child protection in emergencies. The four days workshop was organized by UNFPA…

(Kabul) – The Afghan government should take urgent steps to halt an alarming increase in women and girls imprisoned for “moral crimes,” Human Rights Watch said today. Commitments by senior government officials to end such…

KABUL, 20 May 2013 – The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and UN Women have urged Afghan authorities to step up their efforts to ensure the full implementation of the law on the Elimination…

16 May 2013 – Afghan civil society groups have called upon the Wolesi Jirga (the Lower House of Parliament) to protect the rights of women and children in Afghanistan by supporting the Elimination of Violence Against…

Highlights The project is part of a US $3.1 million UNDP initiative focusing on gender and children’s rights in Afghanistan, done in partnership with the government. The project educates religious and community leaders of women’s rights as set…