Women's Leadership in Politics

The Women's Leadership in Politics unit focuses on leadership skills, law reform, media relations, key policy areas and peace activities in order to promote women's leadership in Afghan society. All activities are carried out In cooperation with parliamentarians, provincial council members and civil society.

Women in Peace Building

Women in Peace Building is a comprehensive unit that assists all activities within the Gender and Justice programme. Activities to promote peace are carried out at the community level through partnership with relevant NGOs. This unit is currently focusing on two projects:

• Supporting Women's Engagement in Peace Building and Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict: Community-Led Approaches
• The Oral History of Afghan Women

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Toolkits for Women's Leadership in Politics

UNIFEM is currently publishing a toolkit series in order to provide relevant information and resources to women in leadership. These toolkits are widely distributed to women parliamentarians and are made available in the Resource Centre.

Four of the six toolkits in the series have been published to-date:

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