Afghan Women News Digest
The only newsletter that presents the realities of Afghan women’s lives as captured by local newspapers.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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,...