“The international community must continue to assist that country to ensure that their efforts will bear fruit. As a long-term partner to Afghanistan Estonia remains committed to supporting it also after 2014, training and financing Afghan security forces, and continuing to support their educational progress, women's empowerment, rule of law and health care.”
“Women and girls, for example, are the main drivers of development in many societies. Not allowing them to fulfil their potential through education, decent job opportunities and essential health services, is to disregard the potential of half of humankind.”