INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY: A Day of Accountability to Women by JALAL FOUNDATION
Today, the women of Afghanistan join the international community in honoring the sacrifices and achievements of women in all dimensions of life.
We salute every mother who put her life on the line to ensure the continuity of life. We honor all housekeepers and domestic workers whose invisible, unpaid and...
A GLIMMER OF HOPE TO RECONSTRUCT PAKISTAN-AFGHANISTAN RELATIONS by Jalal Foundation
By: Dr. Massouda Jalal
Founding President of Jalal Foundation, former Minister of Women,
and First Female Presidential Candidate of Afghanistan
Historical Genesis of Prevailing Antipathy
Notwithstanding widespread violence that underlined the electoral process, the Pakistan people deserve to be commended by the international community for successfully installing a new government through democratic means....
STATEMENT OF DR. MASSOUDA JALAL
Founding Chairperson of Jalal Foundation and former Minister of Women, Afghanistan
for UN Human Rights Council Session 23 – Panel on VAW
We, the women of Afghanistan, are now fighting a fierce battle for our survival and human rights, as the presumed ‘peace process’ brings back fundamentalists who now conspire...
SCR 1325 in Afghanistan: Promoting Women’s Agenda in National Peace and Security
The UN Security Council Resolution 1325 is one of the most important policy instruments that keeps the women’s agenda alive in Afghanistan’s national peace and security efforts. It continues to bring together a significant number of institutions, organizations and individuals around protecting women’s rights, promoting women’s participation and leadership,...
ELIMINATING PREJUDICES IN SCHOOL CURRICULA AND MATERIALS
By: Dr. Massouda Jalal ( Founding President, Jalal Foundation and Former Minister of Women, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan)
Democracy, human rights and gender equality are the cornerstones of enduring peace and progress in Afghanistan. However, in such a context where peoples’ lives continue to hang in the balance of a...
AFGHAN WOMEN’S RIGHTS BEYOND 2014: Hanging by the thread? – Jalal Foundation
By: Dr. Massouda Jalal // Founding President of Jalal Foundation and Minister of Women of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, 2004 to 2006 In TRUST WOMEN CONFERENCE, LONDON 3rd-5th December 2013
1. INTRODUCTION
Your Excellences, ladies and gentlemen, I convey to you sincere greetings of peace and gratitude from the...
Hasina Jalal Wins 2014 N-Peace Award
Hasina Jalal, a founding member of the National Association of Afghanistan Civil Society and board member of Freedom Message Newspaper is one of the five young women in Asia who recently won the 2014 N-Peace Award. She was awarded recognitin in the category of Public Vote for Untold Stories-Women...
Afghan Women News Digest
The only newsletter that presents the realities of Afghan women’s lives as captured by local newspapers.
Child Brides in Afghanistan: Overview of Situation, Challenges and Options
by Dr. Massouda Jalal // Founding President of Jalal Foundation and former Minister of Women, Afghanistan
Betrothal of girls is pervasive in Afghanistan. According to the Ministry of Public Health’s Mortality Survey that was conducted in all provinces of the country in 2010, 53 percent of all women in the 25...
Statement of Jalal Foundation for the 65th Year of the Universal Declaration of Human...
by Dr. Massouda Jalal // Founding President of Jalal Foundation and former Minister of Women, Afghanistan
The adoption of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) 65 years ago continues to be one of the most rewarding steps taken by world leaders to foster development, equality and peace among...