Tag: Afganistan
Vetoomus Afganistanin naisten ja tyttöjen suojelemiseksi presidentti Tarja Halosen aloitteesta
Presidentti Tarja Halonen on julkaissut tänään yhdessä muiden naisjohtajien kanssa vetoomuksen naisten ja tyttöjen oikeuksien suojelemiseksi Afganistanissa. Vetoomuksessa vaaditaan naisten ja tyttöjen ihmisoikeuksien kunnioittamista sekä…
53 naisjärjestöä: Suomella on vastuu tukea Afganistanin naisten oikeuksien puolustajia
Afganistanin ihmisoikeustilanne on heikentynyt nopeasti äärijärjestö Talebanin kaapattua vallan koko maassa. Naisjärjestöjen Keskusliitto kiirehtii Suomea ryhtymään kaikkiin toimiin yhdessä kansainvälisen yhteisön kanssa tukeakseen Afganistanin naisia,…
Shocking’ escalation of grave violations against children in Afghanistan: UNICEF
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) expressed shock on Monday at the rapid escalation of grave violations against children in Afghanistan, following the deaths of…
Afghanistan: EU mobilises €25 million in humanitarian aid to fight hunger
The Commission is allocating €25 million in humanitarian funding from its Solidarity Emergency Aid Reserve to fight hunger in Afghanistan. Urgent actions to save lives…
Afghanistan: Unravelling of women and girls’ rights looms as peace talks falter
Two decades of hard-won progress by Afghanistan’s women and girls is at serious risk of being unravelled, said Amnesty International, in a statement highlighting the…
Afghanistan: 65 media workers, rights defenders killed since 2018
Sixty-five journalists, media professionals and human rights defenders were killed in Afghanistan between 1 January 2018 and 31 January 2021, with 11 losing their lives…
Afghan women demand right to be named on children’s documents
Afghan women could win the legal right to have their names on their children’s birth certificates and identity cards under a proposal to be presented…
International Criminal Court oversight chief ‘deeply regrets’ US decision to target officials investigating Afghanistan war crimes
Responding to the decision of the United States Government to sanction International Criminal Court (ICC) officials and their family members, O-Gon Kwon, President of the…
Afghan accused of mutilating wife after she asks for divorce
An Afghan man cut off his wife’s nose with a kitchen knife after she asked for a divorce, officials said on Friday, amid a surge…
Afghan women play ’crucial’ role in Taliban talks, says negotiator
Afghanistan’s ”fragile gains” in women’s rights are at risk unless women play a key role in peace talks with the Taliban, one of the few…
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