A Voice For the Voiceless

MISSION

The Advocacy Project seeks to help community-based advocates produce, disseminate and use information, and so become more effective advocates for human rights and social justice

AWN AP Bulletins

September 6, 2007
NATO Provincial Reconstruction Teams Need a Gender Policy, Say Afghan Advocates

June 22, 2007
Afghan Women Demand a Halt to Intimidation and Murder

October 5, 2006
Afghan Women Denounce ‘Un-Islamic’ Attacks Against Women and Launch 13-Point Plan to Improve Security in Afghanistan

October 1, 2006
Afghan Women’s Network Deplores Murder of Prominent Women’s Advocate and Expresses Resolve

September 26, 2006
Women Advocates Oppose Re-Establishment of Afghan Vice and Virtue Department

September 16, 2005
New Advocacy Group Empowers Women Election Candidates in Afghanistan

May 23, 2005
Women Advocates Call on Afghan Religious Leaders to Condemn Violence Against Women in the Name of Islam

May-June 2004
AWN's Sadiqa Basiri Nominated For Human Rights Award

March-April 2004
The Afghan Women's Network Calls For Urgency in Registering Women Voters, Receives $25,000 For AWN Registration

January-February 2004
Anonymous Donor Pledges $39,000 to the Afghan Women's Network for Three Girls Schools in Afghanistan

January-February 2004
120 Afghan Women Leaders Agree to Promote Voter Registration Among Women

November 2003
Afghan Women's Network Frees Jailed Women as Afghan Constitution Promises Respect for Women's Rights

August 26, 2003
Afghan Women Call for Security as Violence Surges

May-June 2003
The Women of Kosovo and Afghanistan Urge Iraqi Women to 'Organize and Raise Their Voice' During Reconstruction

May-June 2003
UN Must Provide Guarantees for Afghan Refugees Against Abuse of Iris Scan, Says AWN

May-June 2003
Afghan Women's Network Grows Stronger on Both Sides of the Border

March 6, 2003
Afghan Women's Network Calls for Sweeping Constitutional Changes to Improve Women's Rights and Unveils New Website