{"id":4253,"date":"2020-09-10T23:35:08","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T19:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epd-afg.org\/?p=4253"},"modified":"2020-09-11T00:38:39","modified_gmt":"2020-09-10T20:08:39","slug":"afghan-women-demand-a-just-and-accountable-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.epd-afg.org\/?p=4253","title":{"rendered":"Afghan Women Demand a Just and Accountable Peace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.epd-afg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-09-10-at-11.11.13-PM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4254\" src=\"http:\/\/www.epd-afg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-09-10-at-11.11.13-PM-1000x473.jpeg\" alt=\"WhatsApp Image 2020-09-10 at 11.11.13 PM\" width=\"400\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.epd-afg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-09-10-at-11.11.13-PM-1000x473.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/www.epd-afg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-09-10-at-11.11.13-PM-768x363.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.epd-afg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-09-10-at-11.11.13-PM-624x295.jpeg 624w, https:\/\/www.epd-afg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-09-10-at-11.11.13-PM.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Kabul, Park Star Hotel, 10th September 2020 \u2013 Provincial Women\u2019s Networks (PWNs) from fifteen provinces of Afghanistan, supported by EQUALITY for Peace and Development (EPD) in collaboration with Musharikat -Women in Peace Process Coalition (WIP) called on the state members of NATO and the United Nations for a just and accountable peace.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">As we mark the nineteenth anniversary of 9\/11 horrific attack and begin the Intra-Afghan Negotiations, a press conference is organized by EPD supported by Mustharikat to communicate the voices and demands of Afghan women from grassroots about the peace process with the NATO state members and the United Nations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ms. Safia Siddiqi a former member of parliament and a women\u2019s rights activist, one of the panel members emphasized, \u201cPeace is not only the need of Afghan women. All segments of the society need peace to live a normal life and exercise their constitutional and Islamic rights. Let us use all our forces and energy for peace.\u201d<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.epd-afg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-09-10-at-1.43.49-PM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4259\" src=\"http:\/\/www.epd-afg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-09-10-at-1.43.49-PM-1000x750.jpeg\" alt=\"WhatsApp Image 2020-09-10 at 1.43.49 PM\" width=\"355\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.epd-afg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-09-10-at-1.43.49-PM-1000x750.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/www.epd-afg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-09-10-at-1.43.49-PM-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.epd-afg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-09-10-at-1.43.49-PM-624x468.jpeg 624w, https:\/\/www.epd-afg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-09-10-at-1.43.49-PM.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 355px) 100vw, 355px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The PWN members who are all volunteers visited women and girls in universities, schools and communities, consulted with them on the peace process and collected endorsement of more than 15,000 women from different walks of life for communicating their messages through an open letter with Afghan civil society, media and the international community. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cBy endorsing this letter with their signatures and thumbs, women demonstrated their commitment and desire for a just peace. While women have not been an active party to the four decades of conflict, they are still willing to work for peace to end the <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.epd-afg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-09-10-at-11.55.05-PM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4269\" src=\"http:\/\/www.epd-afg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-09-10-at-11.55.05-PM.jpeg\" alt=\"WhatsApp Image 2020-09-10 at 11.55.05 PM\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.epd-afg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-09-10-at-11.55.05-PM.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/www.epd-afg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-09-10-at-11.55.05-PM-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.epd-afg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-09-10-at-11.55.05-PM-624x468.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>bloodshed going on in our country\u201d mentioned by Farida Neekzad another member of the panel and a prominent woman in Afghanistan media sector.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The letter was launched in fourteen provinces by Provincial Women\u2019s Network (PWNs) through press conferences on 8<sup>th<\/sup> September. Afterward on 10<sup>th<\/sup> September, a national press conference was hosted in Kabul, which was attended by more than 120 PWN members, WIP members and women\u2019s rights activists where the open letter and all collected signatures were shared with media.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Here is links.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.epd-afg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Afghan-Women-Letter-to-NATO-State-Members-and-the-United-Nations-Dari-.pdf\">Afghan Women Letter to NATO State Members and the United Nations -Dari<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.epd-afg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Afghan-Women-Letter-to-NATO-State-Members-and-the-United-Nations-Pashtu-.pdf\">Afghan Women Letter to NATO State Members and the United Nations -Pashtu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.epd-afg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Afghan-Women-Letter-to-NATO-State-Members-and-the-United-Nations-English.pdf\">Afghan Women Letter to NATO State Members and the United Nations &#8211; English<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kabul, Park Star Hotel, 10th September 2020 \u2013 Provincial Women\u2019s Networks (PWNs) from fifteen provinces of Afghanistan, supported by EQUALITY for Peace and Development (EPD) in collaboration with Musharikat -Women in Peace Process Coalition (WIP) called on the state members of NATO and the United Nations for a just and accountable peace.<br \/>\nAs we mark the nineteenth anniversary of 9\/11 horrific attack and begin the Intra-Afghan Negotiations, a press conference is organized by EPD supported by Mustharikat to communicate the voices and demands of Afghan women from<a href=\"afghan-women-demand-a-just-and-accountable-peace\"> Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4262,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epd-afg.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epd-afg.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epd-afg.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epd-afg.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epd-afg.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4253"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.epd-afg.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4279,"href":"https:\/\/www.epd-afg.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4253\/revisions\/4279"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epd-afg.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epd-afg.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epd-afg.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epd-afg.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}