Faces: Women as Partners in Peace and Security: Women Prepare for First Elections

Friday, October 1, 2004

Author:

United Nations Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women (OSAGI)

Asia

Southern Asia

Afghanistan

“Enemies of women must be defeated.” These are the words spoken by the sister of one of the women killed in Nangarhar Province of Afghanistan, to the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General, after an incident which killed two women and wounded 13 others.

Document PDF:

osagi_womenelections_2004.pdf

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