Gender Responsive Ceasefires and Ceasefire Agreements

Date: Tuesday, June 15, 2021

Globally, women have long been at the frontlines of conflict and crisis, often leading and participating in negotiations with parties in conflict to arrive at truce and ceasefire modalities. Yet often, women’s expertise and priorities are excluded from formal ceasefire agreements and monitoring mechanisms. This exclusion is informed by the assumption that discussion on ceasefire requires technical knowledge on military skills.

The Telling Nature of Time: What time-use reveals about gender equality in Afghanistan

Date: Tuesday, May 4, 2021

A time-use survey has not previously been conducted in Afghanistan. As a result, there are data gaps on the contribution to human well-being by Afghan women through their unpaid cooking, cleaning and caring for family as well as their contribution to family businesses. Their work is statistically unrecognized despite the large amounts of women’s time that it consumes, and the restrictions it places on women’s ability to engage in other activities.

Women’s Perspectives on the Prospect of Peace

Date: Monday, December 28, 2020

Bringing together the views of over 800 Afghan women, from eight provinces and various social groups, this study aims to highlight the perspectives of the Afghan women on the peace process, to better inform political elites and decision makers of their concerns; thus, facilitating informed decisions during the intra-Afghan peace negotiations with the Taliban.

UN Women Afghanistan 2nd Newsletter 2020

Date: Thursday, December 10, 2020

This second edition of the newsletter, covering August - October, reflects our transit from an immediate rapid response to COVID-19, to a longer-term programmatic focus operating in the peace-development-humanitarian nexus. At this critical time, we worked with the Ministry of Public Health to ensure all COVID-19 hospitals and quarantine centers now have a separate room for women survivors of violence. We listened to our women’s rights activists on the ground and our call for ideas.

Women and Peacebuilding in Afghanistan Post-2001: Analyses and Lessons Learned

Date: Monday, December 7, 2020

In contemporary peacebuilding missions, such as that in Afghanistan, local ownership has been framed as the extent to which domestic actors control the design and implementation of the processes. What happens when local actors are not involved in its design? What happens when they begin to oppose it? And how much of the achievements under liberal frameworks and institutions are self-sustainable when international peacebuilders leave?

UN Women in Afghanistan: Newsletter Issue 1

Date: Monday, August 31, 2020

[COVID-19 Special Edition] We are launching our first quarterly newsletter at one of the most difficult times in modern history. This is COVID-19 special edition and covers UN Women’s response to COVID-19 in Afghanistan.

Policy Brief: Women and Girls and Internal Displacement in Afghanistan

Date: Monday, March 2, 2020

Afghanistan remains one of the world’s most complex emer-gencies. Sustained conflict has resulted in high numbers of civilian deaths and injuries, and protracted displacement. Between January and December 2019, the United Nations Assistance Mission for Afghanistan (UNAMA) recorded 3,403 civilian deaths, a five per cent decrease as compared to 2018. UNAMA also documented 1,202 women casual-ties (345 killed and 857 injured), a four per cent increase from 2018.

16 things you can do to help end violence against women and girls

Date: Monday, November 12, 2018

16 things you can do to help end violence against women and girls

Strategy and National Action Plan on the Elimination of Violence against Women 2016-2020

Date: Wednesday, February 8, 2017

Violence against women and girls (VAWG) has been clearly established as a serious issue facing the majority of women and girls in Afghanistan with deadly, disabling, and long term consequences; not only for women, but for children, families, future generations, communities and society as a whole. VAWG deprives families and communities of peace and limits nearly half the population from fully participating in the betterment of society. Eliminating VAWG is a critical part of the development...

Gender assessment of the response to the Kunduz offensive

Date: Tuesday, January 31, 2017

The full gender analysis of the humanitarian response to 2015’s Kunduz crisis in Afghanistan. The analysis was led by UN Women and the Norwegian Refugee Council, with support from IASC GenCap senior gender advisor and provides an evidence base for future advocacy to ensure women and girls are better integrated into humanitarian action.