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My hope for this virtual space is that it will serve as a network for communication and coordination of activities among activists, advocates, policy-makers, development workers, researchers, academics and others who are ‘doing gender’ work in Afghanistan. My vision for the café is that it will give us a mechanism to share training materials, manuals, guides, handbooks and other information so we can learn from each other (rather than re-inventing the wheel and pouring resources into duplicating each others’ efforts).
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Ms. Vic Getz, PhD
Gender Development Specialist/Environmental Sociologist
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Voices
Safe Motherhood/Maternity - voices wanted!
Afghan Women's Council Peace Conference Declaration.
Palwasha Hassan - Rights and Democracy - Hands-off approach needed.
The Canadian Press
Women Without Borders Conference Excerpts - Muslims and the West Living Together - But how?
What Do Women Say
Anita Anand reviews A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Poetry and Stories
Afghan Wire Poetry Complete translation of Nadia Anjuman's first volume "Smoke-Veined Flower"
Women of Courage: Intimate Stories from Afghanistan by Katherine Kiviat and Scott Heidler
A Weeping Maiden
by Dr. Shir Mohammad Naqshbandi Thutakhil Translated by Dr. Hassan Pashto English
Sustainable Private Enterprise
NEW!
Tolo-e Zanan- Afghanistan
(
The Sunrise
of Afghan Women)
Sustainable Energy Services
- Creating Electricity/Empowering Women.
Afghanistan has a chance to rebuild in a way that other countries would envy:
Decentralized power systems based on renewable energy resources that rapidly meet the needs ofdevelopment and local governance activities are viable NOW
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World of Women Business Market
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the first place where
women’s business services and production is extended to the people -.
provides various kinds of
services and products
handicrafts
women’s clothing, cosmetics
children’s world.
restaurant
beauty parlor
women's fitness center (Gym )
diagnostic clinic
dairy Shop
This market is the first
member of World Women Sales and Services
Association (WOWSSA) and 33 women salesperson and 33 women entrepreneurs are engaged in
the Marketplace. A great place for women and their families to come together.
Address: Women’s World
Business Market, Silo Road,
Opposite Arian Kabul Hotel, Kote Sangi, Kabul,
Afghanistan
Training Materials
Gender Mainstreaming Guide for Afghan Civil Society - Counterpart International
Outreach to Afghan Women Guide- Counterpart International
Gender Mainstreaming Manual (2007) UNDP/MoWA pdf
Gender Awareness Training Manual - Counterpart International (Dari) pdf
A Toollkit for Progressive Policymakers in Developing Countries by Sophie Sutcliffe and Julius Court
(Overseas Development Institute reprint 2007 pdf)
Gender Awareness Manual Handouts - DACAAR
(Dari)
Basic Tips for Fund-raising for Small NGOs/Civil Society in Developing Countries (2007) by Jayne Cravens (pdf)
Revisiting Gender Training - The making and remaking of gender knowledge: A global source book. Maitrayee Mukhipadhyay and Franz Wong, eds., Royal Tropical Institute 2007
Gender Responsive Budgeting in Practice: A Training Manual (UNFPA - Eng)
Gender Responsive Budgeting and Women's Rights: A Resource Pack
(UNFPA - Eng)
Inclusive Security, Sustainable Peace: A Toolkit for Advocacy and Action - Women Waging Peace and International Alert (2004) Available in Dari/Pashto English
Criminal Law and Procedure in
Afghanistan:
Training with a Focus on Gender Issues by Kathryn Khamsi, IDLO (CIDA Project) (pdf.)
Final
Job Vacancies
Gender Coordination Officer - Counterpart International Closing July 15
New!
ACBAR Job Search site
Afghan Jobs
www.jobs.com.af
Job Seeking? (Post your Resume/CV here. Send to vgetz@moscow.com)
Events, Announcements and Opportunities
Call for Proposals: Elimination of Violence Against Women (EVAW) Special Fund - UNIFEM Submission Deadline is August 14, 2008
NEW!
CFP Dari Application Dari CFP English Application English
Men, Masculinites and Gender
NEW!
Engaging Men in Women's Issues: Inclusive Approaches to Gender and Development
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“Interagency Gender Forum:”
A platform for coordination, information sharing, sharing lessons learned and best practices.
[
Formerly
ACBAR Gender Working Group] (
Directions and contact info.)
Next Meeting: TBA.
All are welcome!
Minutes
August 6
English
Dari
September 3 (Gender Training in Afghanistan) English
November 7 (Gender Training in Afghanistan II) English
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News
Women for Afghan Women Family Guidance Center in the news
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New!
Afghan Children Forgotten Victims of War - UNAMA Press Conference Transcript
Paying off a Debt with a Daughter BBC News
Sex Trade Thrives in Afghanistan
ALISA TANG Associated Press
Despite denial and punishment, sex trade thrives in Afghanistan, Alisa Tang
Malalai Joya: courage under fire Glyn Strong
Opium Brides
Afghan Police Women Face Uphill Battle by Alastair Leithead, BBC News
International Islamic Police Women's Conference held in Kabul
"When I Leave My House, I'm Not Sure I'll Make It Back"
Interview with Malalai Joya (IPS News)
Unveiling Women's Rights
by Fawzia Sheikh (IPS News)
Three Names the World Should Know
by Stephen Leahy
(IPS News)
Afghanistan Girl's Education Initiative Gets a Boost (UNICEF)
Also see
Afghanistan Girls Education Initiative (AGEI)
AfghanWire.com
Afghan Women's Network Statement (October 2007) Afghan Women are concerned about deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan and loss of innocent citizens in suicide bombing.
Women's District Development Assemblies in Panjshir Province - UNDP National Area-Based Development Programme (NABDPll)
National Priorities: Empowering Women: Coping strategies of the Women of Helmand - Circulated by Homira Nassery
Nancy Hatch Dupree's "An Historical Guide to Afghanistan" available on line.
The US-Afghan Women's Council (USAWC) Ninth Semi-Annual Meeting Convened
US House Approves Afghanistan Aid Bill with Provisions for Afghan Women and Girls
Herat Women Thirst for Education by Sadeq Behnam andSudabah Afzali for IWPR
Women for Afghan Women News and Resources
Website
Reports, Resources and Publications
Resource: Oxfam Free Online Women and Gender Resources
Living with Violence: A National Report on Domestic Abuse in Afghanistan - Global Rights
New!
Excerpts available on-line
Addressing the Psychosocial Needs of Women in
Afghanistan,Patricia Omidian and Kenneth E. Miller,
Summer 2007
Development on Air - Women's Radio in Afghanistan by Sarah Kamal
Innovations in Family Planning: The Accelerating Contraceptive Use Project in Afghanistan
A Matter of Interests Gender and Politics of Presence in Afghanistan's Wolesi Jirga. A. Wordsworth - AREU 2007
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