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On 17 October 2016, EQUALITY for Peace and Development held a National Dialogue on “Economic Empowerment of Afghan Women Entrepreneurs” to spread awareness about the importance of women protection centers to address VAW, exchange of the best practices among different women protection centers and to bring stakeholders together to improve the financial sustainability of these women protection centers. Read More…

Following on EPDs outreach session in Kabul, similar programs like yesterday, were implemented on 3rd October 2016 in Nangarhar, Herat, Bamyan, Kandahar and Faryab. Over 350 participants across the country came together to support women’s political participation and fill the gap between people and their political representatives. Read More…

On 2nd October 2016, EQUALITY for Peace and Development held a public outreach event bring together around 75 participants including representatives from governmental institutions, civil society, provincial women network and men and women from different community level in Kabul. From the local to the global level, women’s leadership and political participation is restricted. Read More…

merged-posterPeace merely does not mean to stop war and violence but it also refers to an environment where everyone without distinction of race, language and culture has equal rights and access to resources.

On 21 September 2016, EQUALITY for Peace and Development by facilitation of the provincial coordinators (of the Provincial Women Network) … Read More…

In spite of massive efforts to remove violence against women, women in Afghanistan are still experiencing the most traumatic lives and often are victims of early marriage, domestic violence, denial of inheritance right and other harassments. Though Women Protection Centers (WPC) for such victims seem to be heaven to take refuge in, but joining WPC for them means to cut all family ties due to threat of honor killing. Since these women usually are illiterate and financially dependent, the Read More…