Corruption, violation of law and weak law enforcement not only in Afghanistan but in all post-conflict countries impedes access to justice. In such conditions, it will be very difficult for the judicial system to meet people’s needs and will create gaps between public and this governmental body. EQUALITY for Peace and Development in Nangarhar, is struggling to improve access to quality service provided by the justice sector and build trust on courts Read More…

EQUALITY for Peace and Development (EPD) jointly with Aware Girls (the partner from Pakistan) conducted a five-day workshop on “Digital Story Development” in Islamabad, Pakistan, started from September 17, 2017. It aims to facilitate women-women connections in Afghanistan and Pakistan and publicly, share real stories of experience and hardships women face as a result of violent extremism and radicalization and how to counter the challenges. During this workshop,. Read More…

Each year International Peace Day is celebrated with a specific theme and for this year the theme is “Together for Peace: Respect, Safety and dignity for All”. The objective behind this theme is to mobilize people all around the globe to support refugees. Peace is a process to transform conflicts by peaceful means that re-establishes relationships, heals trauma, addresses reconciliation and creates social systems that serve the needs of the whole population and the constructive Read More…

The Board of Directors met at the Central office of EPD on August 23, 2017. They discussed about the current projects, upcoming projects, activities, operations, coverage area and also provided the recommendations to enhance the operations. EPD’s Board consists of seven members who regularly meet to collectively oversee the activities and decide on major issues of the organization. The meeting covered presentations on operational and financial status of the organization delivered Read More…

Public-police engagement can be a good approach in promoting rule of law and accountability. On the other hand, introducing community reward of good police and report on it will enhance police effective performance. Keeping this issue in mind, EPD along with The Laision Office (TLO) and SDO (Sanayee Development Organization) have undertaken some activities in Nangarhar to decrease the gap between public and police and promote cooperation. EPD has established a Community Watch Read More…

From 1st – 3rd August 2017, EQUALITY for Peace and Development hosted a three-day quarterly meeting in Kabul with PWN coordinators and their assistants from 15 provinces of Afghanistan. Over the course of three days, the participants exchange ideas, share experiences and discuss best practices and challenges in organizing their monthly meetings and advocacy activities. The program included a workshop on “Advocacy” conducted by Mr. Maseehullah Farahmand Read More…

From 17th to 21st July 2017, EPD along with Aware Girls held second round of “Peace Exchange: Pak-Afghan Women’s Bridge for Peace” in Islamabad, Pakistan. The event aimed to create a platform for harbouring bridges between women peace activists of Pakistan and Afghanistan, enabling women-women exchange of learning and strategizing together for countering radicalization and peacebuilding. The event gathered Afghan and Pakistani peace building experts Read More…

Local Governance Initiative and Network (LOGIN) is a multi-stakeholder network spanning countries of East and South Asia, which is supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation. The network focuses on promoting knowledge exchange amongst its members on practices, processes and experiences relating to strengthening local governance. Members of LOGIN meet annually in a General Assembly which is held each year in December. Read More…

From 21st to 24th May, 2017, EPD with financial support of open society Afghanistan held an event on “Peace Exchange: Pak-Afghan Women’s Bridge for Peace” to facilitate interaction among Pakistan and Afghanistan peace activist and take steps to eliminate violent extremism (VE) and radicalization. The event invited around 70 participants including peace activists from Afghanistan and Pakistan, civil society, high peace council, provincial council and representatives Read More…

Legal framework, creation of financial system, provision of basic infrastructure and access to regional cooperation and summits provided access to Afghan entrepreneurs (businessmen and businesswomen) to regional and global markets to start import and export businesses. The private sector development strategy under the ANDS 2007/2008 – 2012/2013 also helped build an enabling environment to bolster private sector and bring investments to Read More…