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Report on Implementation of Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 2010-14

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September 22, 2014

Report on Implementation of Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 2010-14

After fall of Taliban, and as a country in transition, Afghanistan is faced with many political, social, cultural and economic challenges. In the past three decades, the

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After fall of Taliban, and as a country in transition, Afghanistan is faced with many political, social, cultural and economic challenges. In the past three decades, the

Women Building Peace

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May 6, 2014

Women Building Peace

This volume looks back at a wealth of women’s peacebuilding practice documented by Accord since 1998. Case studies from Cambodia,  Sierra Leone, northern Uganda, Papua New Guinea–Bougainville, Northern  Ireland, Angola, Sudan, Indonesia–Aceh and Somalia (presented in the  chronological order in w

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This volume looks back at a wealth of women’s peacebuilding practice documented by Accord since 1998. Case studies from Cambodia,  Sierra Leone, northern Uganda, Papua New Guinea–Bougainville, Northern  Ireland, Angola, Sudan, Indonesia–Aceh and Somalia (presented in the  chronological order in w

April 7, 2014
Afghan women take part in historic elections

Afghan women represented a third of the vote and a historic number of provincial candidates at the weekend's elections. Aid workers say that women are defiant in the progress of democracy and rights, and won't be deterred by violent insurgency.

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April 2, 2014
A New Era? Afghan Presidential Hopefuls Court Women's Vote

On International Women's Day last month, Afghan presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani held a rally in Kabul attended by several thousand women. While they were all wearing headscarves, there was not a full-length burqa to be seen in the crowd.

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April 1, 2014
Women Playing an Unusually Public Role in Afghan Elections

The campaign for Saturday's presidential election in Afghanistan is featuring women in a more prominent role than ever before.

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March 31, 2014
Afghan Women See Hope in the Ballot Box

Mariam Wardak is one of those young Afghans with her feet in two worlds: At 28, she has spent much of her adult life in Afghanistan, but she grew up in the United States after her family fled there.

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March 27, 2014
Impossible under the Taliban, there are now 69 female MPs in parliament

When the Taliban ruled Afghanistan, women rarely left their homes.

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