:Afghan Women's Network
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The Afghan Women's Network (AWN) is a non-governmental organization (NGO) which was created in 1996 by Afghan women following the World Conference on Women in Beijing and works to "empower women and ensure their equal participation in Afghan society."{{cite web|url=http://www.afghanwomennetwork.af/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110815122257/http://www.afghanwomennetwork.af/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-08-15 |title=Web site of The Afghan Women's Network |publisher=Afghanwomennetwork.af |access-date=2013-06-06 }}
About
The AWN sustains the vision of an Afghanistan in which women & men live in a justice and discrimination free society. AWN's axis of focus are:{{Cite web|url=http://www.awn-af.net/index.php/cms/more/177|title=Afghan Women's Network.|website=www.awn-af.net|language=en|access-date=2017-07-16|archive-date=2017-08-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802082639/http://www.awn-af.net/index.php/cms/more/177|url-status=dead}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.insightonconflict.org/conflicts/afghanistan/peacebuilding-organisations/afghan-womens-network-awn/|title=Insight on Conflict|work=Insight on Conflict|access-date=2017-07-26|language=en}}
- Women, peace and security
- Women's political participation and leadership
- Women's social and legal protection
The AWN acts as a foundation supporting other women's rights-oriented NGO in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The AWN receives funding from donor agencies such as the French Embassy, ActionAid, UNHCR, and Roland Berger Foundation. It operates from Kabul, Heart, Balkh, Kandahar, Bamyan, Paktia, Nangarhar, and Kunduz, ... It has more than 3,500 individual members (exclusively women) and 125 women's organizations with memberships.{{Cite web|url=http://www.awn-af.net/index.php/cms/content/68|title=AWN History|website=www.awn-af.net|language=en|access-date=2017-07-16|archive-date=2017-07-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731074113/http://www.awn-af.net/index.php/cms/content/68|url-status=dead}}
Executive board members have included Manizha Wafeq{{Cite web|url=http://www.kardan.edu.af/FortyUnderForty/Manizha-Wafeq|title=Kardan University|website=www.kardan.edu.af|access-date=2016-12-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161224095634/http://www.kardan.edu.af/FortyUnderForty/Manizha-Wafeq|archive-date=2016-12-24|url-status=dead}} and the current executive director is Hassina Safi.{{Cite news|url = https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2015/mar/09/international-womens-day-fund-womens-role-peace|title = Time To Fund Women's Role in the Cause of Peace|last = Filippini|first = Simone|date = 9 March 2015|work = The Guardian|access-date = 9 September 2015}}
History
The Afghan Women's Network was established in 1995. Women who had participated in the United Nation Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, China decided that they wanted to create a network for Afghan women.
In 2013, The AWN played an active role in the curation of the exhibit Women Between Peace and War: Afghanistan by Leslie Thomas from ArtWORKS Projects for Human Rights.{{cite web|url=http://asiasociety.org/blog/asia/photosinterview-arresting-images-capture-afghan-women-between-peace-and-war|title=Photos/Interview: Arresting Images Capture Afghan Women 'Between Peace and War'|website=Asiasociety.org|date=30 September 2013|author=James Kochien|access-date=10 November 2017}}
In March 2014, the AWN launched the Afghan Women Vision 2024, the ONG's official newspaper supported by the Heinrich Boell Foundation.{{cite web|url=https://www.boell.de/en/2014/03/10/afghan-women-vision-2024|title=Afghan Women Vision 2024|website=Boell.de|date=10 March 2014|access-date=10 November 2017}} In 2014, the ONG stated that 150 honor killings affected Afghan women each year.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/04/world/asia/in-spite-of-the-law-afghan-honor-killings-of-women-continue.html|title=In Spite of the Law, Afghan ‘Honor Killings’ of Women Continue|website=Nytimes.com|date=3 May 2014|author=Rod Nordland|access-date=10 November 2017}} Upon the progressive withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, the AWN brought its focus on maintaining the women's rights benefits gained during the presence of the US troops.{{cite web|url=https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Progress-Watch/2015/0106/Afghanistan-Women-s-rights-make-big-gains|title=Afghanistan: Women's rights make big gains|website=Csmonitor.com|date=6 January 2015|author=Anne Steele|access-date=10 November 2017}}
In February 2015, the AWN took part to the marches asking the president Ashraf Ghani to respect his word and name 4 women ministries in his government for fair gender representation.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2015/feb/03/afghan-women-protest-absence-female-ministers-new-cabinet|title=Afghan women protest at absence of female ministers in new cabinet|website=Theguardian.com|date=3 February 2015|author=Sune Engel Rasmussen |access-date=10 November 2017}} In 2016, the ONG spoke out about the revival of public executions of women in Afghanistan following the new peak of influence from the Taliban.{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-taliban-is-publicly-executing-women-again/|title=The Taliban Is Publicly Executing Women Again|website=Vice.com|date=16 May 2016|author=Mari Shibata|access-date=10 November 2017}}
See also
Reference List
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External links
- [http://www.awn-af.net/ Official website]
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Category:Women's organisations based in Afghanistan