A Challenge to PM Modi: Empowerment for women and peace for the region!
by Dr. Massouda Jalal // Former Minister of Women, Afghanistan
India deserves to be commended for demonstrating once again the strength of its democracy as it elected its 15th Prime Minister through absolute majority. Supported by the rising middle class and the business sector of his country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi...
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...
International Rural Women’s Day: Beyond Commemorations
Last week, the world commemorated again the International Rural Women’s Day to call attention to the need for action on the many issues that women in rural communities confront worldwide. The plight of rural women has improved little despite these annual commemorations. Concrete actions are needed globally and the...
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...
Afghan Women News Digest
The only newsletter that presents the realities of Afghan women’s lives as captured by local newspapers.
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....
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,...
Equality for Afghan Women is Progress for All Afghans
Jalal Foundation extends a hand of solidarity to all women of the world in celebrating March 8 as the International Day of Women. Today, we celebrate the achievements of the past 12 years including the restoration of equal rights in the legal frameworks, adoption of protective measures against violence...
Afghan Widows: Challenges and Opportunities from National and International Perspectives
by Dr. Massouda Jalal // Former Minister of Women, Afghanistan
Overview of the Situation
Afghanistan is a highly prolific producer of widows. The number of widows in Afghanistan is estimated to be from 600,000 to two millions. This is one of the highest in the world when analyzed against the overall number of...
Paths to Power
by Dr. Massouda Jalal // Former Minister of Women, Afghanistan
Introduction
Assalamuallaikum! I send my sincerest gratitude and congratulations to NDI for the impressive draft of its Women Heads of State Report. I find it truly insightful. Like a ‘north star’, it could illuminate the struggles of many women in the thorny,...