Women's Perspectives on Progress and Challenges in Afghanistan, Berlin, July 6, 2009
The European Foundation for Democracy (EFD) invites you to the Lunch Debate on Women’s Perspectives on
Progress and Challenges in Afghanistan.
Interested parties are invited to register online.
The lunch debate is organized by the European Foundation for Democracy (EFD), the Independent Afghan Women Association (IAWA), Kalima News and the Afghanischer Frauenverein.
Time: Monday, 6th July 2009, at 12.30 - 2.30 pm
Location: Tagungszentrum im Hause der Bundespressekonferenz, Schiffbauerdamm 40, Berlin,
Chair
Seyran Ateş, Women’s Rights Lawyer and Author, Berlin
Speakers
Fatima Gailani, President of the Afghan “Red Crescent Society”, Kabul
Laila Noor, Chairwomen of the “Independent Afghan Women Association”,
Bremen
Shikiba Babori, Founder of the journalist network KALIMA, Cologne
Rona Yussof Mansury, Board Member “Afghan Women Society” (Afghanischer
Frauenverein), Osnabrück
Description: The debate aims to look at the situation of women and women’s rights in Afghanistan as well as achievements and challenges in empowering women in Afghanistan. The international debate on Afghanistan in recent months has been dominated by the proposed so-called “Shiite law,” which has caused international outrage, and by the renewed brutal attacks by the Taliban against women’s rights activists. Against this background and in the light of the complexities of the Afghan society, the event aims to provide a platform to leading Afghan women’s rights activists with a view to examining the situation of women in Afghanistan, their role in achieving progress and, more in general, the challenges in empowering women in Afghanistan.
For more information, please visit:
www.europeandemocracy.org
