Tag Archive for ‘women in Afghanistan’
International Women’s Day: Keep Progress Alive
This past year we’ve seen a lot of progress for the rights of women. We should take today, March 8th, International Women’s Day, as a time to make sure that we don’t lose our stride. While International Women’s Day has been informally celebrated since the early 1900s, the United Nations officially recognized it in 1975, [...]
Edwards Co-Chair of Afghan Women’s Task Force
June 15th marked the official start of the Afghan Women’s Task Force, and we are excited that this new bipartisan task force is co-chaired by WAND/WiLL Congresswoman Donna Edwards (D-MD)! As noted in our official statement on the war in Afghanistan, WAND advocates helping Afghan civilians, especially women and girls, to obtain safety, basic necessities, [...]
Listening to Afghan Women
On Friday, April 29th, WAND joined activists from across the country for a radio town hall meeting at American University. The town hall meeting used Skype to connect American women in Washington, DC with Afghan women in Kabul, Afghanistan. The Joined by War: Women’s Rights in Today’s Afghanistan broadcast focused on how Afghan women continue [...]
New Report and WAND Summary: “Afghan Women Speak: Enhancing Security and Human Rights in Afghanistan”
A new report from Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies reflects the voices of Afghan women leaders, including parliamentarians, activists, school principals, health workers, and members of the police force and army to insist that they must be part of the nation’s peace process. “Afghan Women Speak: Enhancing Security and Human Rights in Afghanistan” draws [...]
Secretary Clinton and Women in Peace Building
On Tuesday, October 26th, Secretary of Sate Hillary Clinton joined UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and diplomats from many nations in saying that the time was now for actions- not words- to end sexual violence in war and include women in decisions on making, keeping, and building peace. The UN Secretary General warned that [...]
Entries(RSS)