Afghan Women's Bill of Rights
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Afghan Women's Bill of Rights
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Afghan Women's Bill of Rights
• Afghan women meet in Kandahar to discuss the new Afghan constitution and women’s rights
• The women came from all over the country to participate in the conference
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Afghan Women's Bill of Rights
• At the conference, the women drafted and agreed on an Afghan Women’s Bill of Rights
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• Local tribal leaders helped provide security
• Local religious leaders said: “People here are not ready for change”
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• Conference participants told the Constitution Commission that the rights of widows and orphans need special protection
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• Afghan women presented the Bill of Rights to Pres. Karzai
• He expressed his support for the principles underlying the Bill of Rights
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WAW in Afghanistan
• Student of WAW-sponsored class receiving her diploma and sewing machine
Afghan women demand the right to economic independence and equal pay for equal work
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WAW in Afghanistan
• WAW members helped secure the release of a young woman held for traveling alone without a male guardian, and asked Pres. Karzai to open shelters for wrongfully imprisoned women