Related Publications: Eliminating Violence Against Women
Violence Against Women Primary Database Report
No. of pages: 34
Publication date: March 2008
Languages: English
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"The VAW primary database was developed as a tool to provide quantitative support to the various anectodes ilustrating violence affecting Afghan women..."
Child and Forced Marriage: Conference Proceedings
No. of pages: 56
Publication date: March 2007
Languages: English
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Report of the proceedings on Eliminating Child and Forced Marriage in Afghanistan
Uncounted and Discounted: A Secondary Research Project on Violence Against Women in Afghanistan
No. of pages: 53
Publication date: May 2006
Languages: English, Dari
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"The aim of this research is to establish a baseline on the nature and extent of violence against women in Afghanistan as a first step to move beyond anecdotal evidence used in the discourse of VAW in Afghanistan. We also wanted to understand through this research the strengths and shortcomings of existing reporting and support mechanisms for women who are victims of violence." -Meryem Aslan, Country Director, UNIFEM at the August 14, 2006 Press Briefing on the launch of the report [PDF].
Report of Legal Department on the Violence against Women
No. of pages: 4
Publication date: January 2005
Languages: English
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A report by MOWA's Legal Department on violence against women. The report includes 8 selected cases of violence to be discussed in order to apply practical solutions.
Capacity Building on Gender, Data and Statistics: report and recommendations
No. of pages: 27
Publication date: December 2004
Languages: English
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In May 2003 a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between UNIFEM, the UN World Food Programme (WFP), the Afghan Ministry for Women’s Affairs (MOWA) and the Afghan Ministry for Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MMRD). "...the objective of the partnership is to ensure that the analysis of NRVA data, from the year 2003 onwards, will incorporate a strong gender perspective and that capacities for such analysis and the utilization of its outputs for gender advocacy, planning, policy formulation, budgeting, programming and monitoring are developed and institutionalized."
Gender and the 2003 National Risk and Vulnerability Assessment (NRVA)
No. of pages: 34
Publication date: December 2004
Languages: English
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This report focuses in detail on the survey design and quantitative survey tools designed for the 2003 Afghanistan National Risk and Vulnerability Assessment (NRVA) exercise. It aims to provide suggestions and recommendations on how to strengthen them vis-? -vis their ability to collect data that would assist an eventual in-depth gender analysis of the livelihood conditions, constraints and opportunities available to the rural Afghan populations.
One-Day Workshop "Governmental Task Force: Combating Violence Against Women"
No. of pages: 14
Publication date: November 2004
Languages: English
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To mark the World Day to End Violence Against Women, a one-day workshop titled "How to help women who are subject to violence?" was held at the conference hall of the Ministry of Women's Affairs on 25 November, 2004.
One-Day Workshop - "How to Help the Women Who are Subject to Violence?" A Complete Report on the Legal Seminar
No. of pages: 6
Publication date: November 2004
Languages: English
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To mark the World Day to End Violence against Women, a one-day workshop title “How to help women who are subject to violence?” was held at the conference hall of the Ministry of Women’s Affairs on 25 November 2004.
Resolution of the Seminar on the Elimination of Violence Against Women
No. of pages: 4
Publication date: November 2004
Languages: English
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Understanding deeply the social problems and anomalies, taking into consideration the past three decades of crisis in the country when the country’s conditions did not improve and the past heritages were destroyed, regarding the many cases referred to the Ministry of Women’s Affairs that have been caused by indecent traditions and erroneous perceptions of the religious laws and have infected all social aspects, have undermined the role of the country’s effective laws and brought many miseries to the women in economic, political, social and legal fields, are determined to develop a national plan and, to solve the above-mentioned problem, approve the following articles...
Support for the Elimination of Violence Against Women in Afghanistan
No. of pages: 25
Publication date: November 2002
Languages: English, Dari
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In order to raise awareness in Afghanistan on violence against women, on November 24, 2002, MOWA hosted a landmark even in commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women in Kabul, Afghanistan. The event marked the first time in Afghanistan that public declarations have been made that violence against women is no longer acceptable.
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