Importance of Gender Equality in Afghanistan

Male: You are watching UNICEF television.

Afifa Azim coordinator of the Afghan Women’s Network
discusses the importance of gender equality as a security issue in
her country.

Afifa Azim: We all want stability in peace but not had the peace at the prize of
women’s rights. The—particularly consent about proposals for
reconciliation and reintegration of the Taliban. Like everyone, we
agree that a negotiated solution is needed.

We are told that women’s rights are a development issue, not a
security issue but as we all know, in Afghanistan, women’s rights
are part of what the fighting is all about. The fighting is about our
vision of the future in society in which various aren’t functions
have considerably divergent views on women and girls proper
place in the society.

Fortunately, they have gone constitution and have gone
government that is committed to women’s rights and so, as the
international community. Women’s right in Afghanistan are part of
the security solution. If we want a more stable productive society,
it is impossible to achieve without educated women taking lead
roles in political, social and economical life.

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