The Declaration of Five Million Afghan Women Campaign

According to the constitution of Afghanistan and national and international treaties, one of the important social rights of human beings is to determine their political future (the right to elect and to be elected), but unfortunately in Afghan society the women in are facing many problems in order to use their rights. Considering the time constraints of presidential and provincial councils' elections, among the society there are growing concerns over participation of women in the election process. Therefore, women rights activists and civil society representatives from all over the country gathered on 25th June, 2009 and held comprehensive talks on related issues. In this gathering decision has been taken to launch a campaign of 5 million Afghan eligible women to support women's political participation in order to ensure the rule of law and gender equality.

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