October 31st 2006
Sixth Anniversary
UN Security Council Resolution 1325
Women, Peace and Security
Women and girls in Afghanistan have been woefully let down and left to face ever increasing levels of violence. This is the central message of a new report, Taking Stock: Afghan women and girls five years on produced by WOMANKIND Worldwide to be launched on October 31st, the sixth anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security.
WOMANKIND Worldwide is marking the anniversary with a special event at the House of Commons showing exclusive footage filmed only three weeks ago in Afghanistan of women speaking about their lives five years after the fall of the Taliban. This film has been produced by Zarghona Rassa of the British-Afghan Women’s Society.
‘The International Community needs do much more to protect and empower the women and girls of Afghanistan. Unless the rights that women and girls in Afghanistan have on paper are made reality it cannot be said that the status of Afghan women has changed significantly in the last five years’. says Maggie Baxter, Chief Executive of WOMANKIND Worldwide. Click here to read WOMANKIND’s report in English, Pashtu or Dari.
