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The Afghan Women's Network (AWN) is a non-partisan network of women and women's NGOs working to empower Afghan women and ensure their equal participation in Afghan society. AWN seeks to enhance the effectiveness of its members by fostering partnership and collaboration, undertaking advocacy and lobbying, and building their individual capacities. Currently there are 70 NGO members and over 3,000 individual members in Afghanistan and in Pakistan.
On Sunday, January 2008, a sudden fire at the Afghan Women's Network offices caused heavy loss to the property valued at more than $100,000. While no one was seriously injured, the fire caused heavy damage and AWN lost almost everything. Please make a tax-deductible online donation to AWN. 100 percent of the money goes to AWN.
September Eleventh Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, a strategic partner of AWN, is also coordinating a fundraising effort to help the Afghan women advocates rebuild. To find our how you can help their efforts, contact Frances Anderson, Coordinator.
AWN post its press releases on its website.
September 22, 2003
Operation: Stability in Afghanistan
Business Week
November 17, 2001
Afghan Women Soldier On
San Francisco Chronicle
November 3, 2001
A Man's Country?
The Washington Post
October 30, 1996
Afghan Women Speak Out
Green Left Weekly
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For more information about networking with AWN, please email them.
Afghan Women's Network
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| Mission |
The Afghan Women's Network (AWN) is a non-partisan network of women and women's NGOs working to empower Afghan women and ensure their equal participation in Afghan society. AWN seeks to enhance the effectiveness of its members by fostering partnership and collaboration, undertaking advocacy and lobbying, and building their individual capacities. Currently there are 70 NGO members and over 3,000 individual members in Afghanistan and in Pakistan.
- Topics: Human Rights, Refugees, Women's Rights, NGOs
- Area: Afghanistan, Pakistan
- Founded: 1995
Breaking News |
On Sunday, January 2008, a sudden fire at the Afghan Women's Network offices caused heavy loss to the property valued at more than $100,000. While no one was seriously injured, the fire caused heavy damage and AWN lost almost everything. Please make a tax-deductible online donation to AWN. 100 percent of the money goes to AWN.September Eleventh Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, a strategic partner of AWN, is also coordinating a fundraising effort to help the Afghan women advocates rebuild. To find our how you can help their efforts, contact Frances Anderson, Coordinator.
| Advocacy |
- AWN has called for NATO to create a gender policy for their provincial reconstruction teams so that they will be more effective. Read the report produced by AWN and AP Peace Fellow Audrey Roberts titled 'Operationalizing Gender in Provincial Reconstruction Teams in Afghanistan' that details this proposal and outlines AWN's recommendations.
- AWN has called on the Afghan government and the international community to take 13 steps to improve security and protect women. (Afghan Women Denounce ‘Un-Islamic’ Attacks Against Women and Launch 13-Point Plan to Improve Security in Afghanistan)
- AWN has criticized a proposal to re-establish the department of vice and virtue, and argued that existing ministries should deal with anti-social behavior. An AWN statement said the re-creation of the department would “hinder social development and the freedom of expression, impede the rights of mobility and privacy and, ultimately, stop the continued development of women.” (Women Advocates Oppose Re-Establishment of Afghan Vice and Virtue Department)
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The Afghan Women’s Independent Advocacy Commission (AWIAC) was formed on August 8, 2005 in Kabul to ensure equal representation of women engaged in the political process. AWN was key in facilitating the group‘s formation. (New Advocacy Group Empowers Women Election Candidates in Afghanistan)
- In a major push to improve the rights of Afghan women, AWN has called for sweeping changes in the Afghan Constitution that would permit Afghan women free health care in all maternal health facilities as well as equal rights in all aspects of divorce and the custody of children. (Afghan Women's Network Calls for Sweeping Constitutional Changes to Improve Women's Rights and Unveils New Website)
- AWN launched a major campaign to protest against the growing tide of violence in the country and to demand more resources for reconstruction as NATO arrived to take over international peacekeeping in Afghanistan. (Afghan Women Call for Security as Violence Surges)
- 30 students graduated in March 2004 from AWN’s journalist-in-training program. 143 women have graduated from the program since it was initiated in 2003 under the direction of AP consultant, Mary Moore. Most of the program’s women had no opportunity for higher education elsewhere. (The Afghan Women's Network Calls For Urgency in Registering Women Voters, Receives $25,000 For AWN Registration)
- In 2003, AWN secured the release of four Afghan women refugees who were jailed after being falsely accused of bigamy. AWN has also arranged for the release of 18 Afghan children who were jailed with their parents because they had nowhere else to live. (Afghan Women's Network Frees Jailed Women as Afghan Constitution Promises Respect for Women's Rights)
| Information/ News from AWN |
- Reports
AWN produces newsletters and magazines that are accessible on their website.
'Operationalizing Gender in Provincial Reconstruction Teams in Afghanistan,' an August 2007 report prepared by AP Peace Fellow, Audrey Roberts.
- Press Releases
AWN post its press releases on its website.
- Photographs
AWN's website hosts many of the organization's photographs.
| Dissemination |
- Advocacy Project News Bulletins: AP has published bulletins about Dale Farm through the news service, AdvocacyNet.
- Blogs
Audrey Roberts and Saba Haq volunteered with AWN during the summer of 2007. Read Audrey and Saba's blog.
Erica Issac volunteered with AWN in 2006. Read Erica's blog.
In 2005, Carrie Hasselback volunteered with AWN. Read Carrie's blog.
Sarah Schores volunteered with AWN in 2004. Read Sarah's blog.
In 2003, AP recruited Mary Moore, an information consultant, to work with the Afghan Women's Network (AWN). Read Mary's blog.
- In the Media Highlights
September 22, 2003
Operation: Stability in Afghanistan
Business Week
November 17, 2001
Afghan Women Soldier On
San Francisco Chronicle
November 3, 2001
A Man's Country?
The Washington Post
October 30, 1996
Afghan Women Speak Out
Green Left Weekly
| Networking |
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For more information about networking with AWN, please email them.
| Institution Building |
- AWN plans to open an office in Herat in July 2007.
- Sponsor AWN's current initiative and buy a T-shirt.
Social Change
- Government: Afghanistan's first female governor was named in 2005, a testament to the changing tide in the country.
Contact:
Kabul Office (Main Office)
Main Street, Tahmani Watt
(Between 8 &9)
Tel: 0093-70286598
Email Leeda Yaqoobi, Deputy Director
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