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Afghan Women Call for the Repeal of Shelter Regulation

Afghan Women’s Network

Tuesday 22 February 2011

The Afghan Women’s Network believes that the first concern of any regulation, policy or law should be the protection of the citizen, not control over foreign resources or saving ‘honor’. [(“If our government is serious about ending the misuse of women’s rights, they have to stop the continuous (...) > continue

Statement

The Peace Process

Afghan Women’s Network

Tuesday 9 November 2010

Here is the statement of the Afghan Women’s Network, the only network of Afghan women and is active within the country and the region. If you are interested in the perspective of Afghan WOMEN in the peace process, please, read the attached statement. Besides a summary of recent history, a (...) > continue

5 Million Women Campaigners Statement

Reaction to the 2009 presidential and provincial council elections in Afghanistan

AWN Kabul

Monday 7 September 2009

We, the organizing committee of the Afghanistan’s first ever nationwide campaign to mobilize women to vote for the right candidate that will address women’s rights congratulate the people and the friends of Afghanistan on the 2009 presidential and provincial council elections. Yet again, Afghan (...) > continue

Open Letter to Obama

What We Expect Is ’Change’ From ’Wars of Terror’

By Orzala Ashraf Nemat

Wednesday 1 April 2009

I witnessed a historical moment in Washington when I first learnt of Obama’s victory. I joined the crowed of victorious young and old on the streets of America’s capital that night, somehow with confusing feelings. I say confused because I felt so proud to be in America when it happened, but I (...) > continue

Open Letter

To The Gatekeepers of Women’s Honour: an open letter from the Women of Afghanistan

Afghan Women’s Network

Sunday 20 February 2011

This is not the first time we have gathered here. These walls, this table, this stove, this teapot - how often they have witnessed our gatherings, our frustrations, our stresses. How often they have welcomed this group of frustrated women friends, activists, and allies. How often they have (...) > continue