Afghanistan Archives

Afghan Women Six Point Agenda for Moscow Peace Talks

“We, the women of Afghanistan, believe that our Afghan male allies on the peace negotiation table can work with us to make sure that the peace that we so desperately need can be achieved and sustained.” Read Afghan Women Six Point Agenda for Moscow Peace Talks

Hashtag Feminism in Afghanistan

Feminist writer, Zarlasht Sarsam Safy, writes about the wave of feminism that has engulfed Afghanistan

Meet Hassina Neekzad!

We would like to highlight Hassina Neekzad, who is nominated for the 2015 N-Peace Awards! Hassina is a peace activist in Afghanistan who teaches both men and women “to see the importance of their own role in the nation building process and bringing peace to...

Press Release: Put protection of women human rights defenders into practice

(New York, 9 March 2015) International Women’s Day was marked today by two United Nations events in New York and Geneva highlighting the ongoing threats, risks and attacks against women human rights defenders, despite the existing State obligations to ensure their...

Negotiating a Better Peace: Women & Civil Society at the Table

“Looking around the room @ #betterpeace – like being in presence of many #mandelas – sadly not known by world” @sanambna On June 22-25, 2014, the International Civil Society Action Network (ICAN), UN Women (UNW), US Institute of Peace (USIP),...