EQUALITY for Peace and Development launched a Policy Brief on Afghan Community’s Views on Peace Process. The Policy Brief was produced based on series of dialogues with diverse groups at the grassroots level including religious leaders, community elders, civil society representatives, women, youth and government officials. The dialogues brought together more than 1,000 Afghan men and women in 10 provinces of Afghanistan to discuss the situation in their provinces, the ongoing peace process challenges and opportunities, women’s rights and how such diverse actors can co Read More...
Tuesday 4 May 2021
100,000 Afghan women called on the Women Global Leaders for protecting women’s rights in the peace process and the Embassy of Kingdom of Netherlands provided support for second of Monitoring Women Peace and Security Project. EPD in collaboration with Cordaid launched the second phase of “Monitoring Women Peace Security” project. The project beside supporting the current network of women in fifteen provinces, will also support establishment of women network in the remaining nineteen provinces. Through these networks, women from Read More...
Thursday 11 March 2021
Following the training of Women Leaders, Activists and Religious Leaders in Kabul and four (Paktya, Kunduz, Kandahar and Uruzgan) provinces of Afghanistan about “Women’s Rights in Light of Islam”, EQUALITY for Peace and Development (EPD) held two days National Conference to provide platform for 150 women and religious leaders from center and provinces to exchange views on engagement of women in peace process of Afghanistan. While on the first day of the event, participants had their internal discussions and developed the Join Action Plan, on the second day, they Read More...
Friday 18 December 2020
Following the completion of procedures for the Intra-Afghan-Negotiations, the joint statement released by the negotiating teams of the Republic and Emirate is another step forward in the peace process. We, the Afghan women from provinces of Afghanistan, applaud both sides for this remarkable progress. Also, we would like to thank the government of Qatar for hosting the negotiating teams for the past months. We believe, apart from our international partners and allies, the Islamic countries including our neighbors are playing a constructive role in the Afghan peace process in order to reach a political deal. A few years back, Read More...
Sunday 13 December 2020
EQUALITY for Peace and Development (EPD) has an active presence in twenty two provinces of Afghanistan:... Read more