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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.
Even though six years have passed since Afghanistan signed and ratified the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women, the scope of women's rights is still very limited. While the situation for women has improved in some places, such as Kabul, in the majority of rural Afghanistan women still face daily discrimination. The three most prominent areas of discrimination facing Afghan women are gender violence, education, and health.
The Afghan Women's Network is helping to develop the women's movement and expand women's rights in Afghanistan. AWN was founded in 1995, by seven Afghan women who participated in the fourth United Nations World Conference on Women in Beijing, China, along with other Afghan women. Today, AWN is considered the only umbrella entity for women/gender-based organizations in Afghanistan. (Source AWN) AWN is at the forefront of the women's rights movement in Afghanistan.
AWN has formed several youth committees in Afghanistan and Peshawar, Pakistan to educate young women about their socio-political rights and encourage them to take an active role in Afghan's political processes. Learn about several of the committee leaders in the videos below.
Advocacy Project News Bulletins: AP has published bulletins about the Afghan Women's Network through the news service, AdvocacyNet.
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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.
Even though six years have passed since Afghanistan signed and ratified the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women, the scope of women's rights is still very limited. While the situation for women has improved in some places, such as Kabul, in the majority of rural Afghanistan women still face daily discrimination. The three most prominent areas of discrimination facing Afghan women are gender violence, education, and health.
The Afghan Women's Network is helping to develop the women's movement and expand women's rights in Afghanistan. AWN was founded in 1995, by seven Afghan women who participated in the fourth United Nations World Conference on Women in Beijing, China, along with other Afghan women. Today, AWN is considered the only umbrella entity for women/gender-based organizations in Afghanistan. (Source AWN) AWN is at the forefront of the women's rights movement in Afghanistan.
AWN has formed several youth committees in Afghanistan and Peshawar, Pakistan to educate young women about their socio-political rights and encourage them to take an active role in Afghan's political processes. Learn about several of the committee leaders in the videos below.
Advocacy Project News Bulletins: AP has published bulletins about the Afghan Women's Network 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.Reports
'Operationalizing Gender in Provincial Reconstruction Teams in Afghanistan,' an August 2007 report prepared by AP Peace Fellow, Audrey Roberts.
Visit the Give page to donate to the Afghan Women's Network.
Contact:
Kabul Office (Main Office)
Main Street, Tahmani Watt
(Between 8 &9)
Tel: 0093-70286598
Email Leeda Yaqoobi, Deputy Director
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