gender inequality in Afganisthan

In Afghanistan, Access to Education Is Improving, but Gender Inequality Persists

Afghanistan has inherited a paralysed and almost non-operational educational system with embedded gender inequality from three decades of conflicts. According to Afghan ministry of education, after the Taliban ouster in 2001, an estimated one million children predominantly boys were attending school, while, girls were almost entirely deprived of schooling opportunities. Therefore, the government of Afghanistan…Read More

Post Bonn Conference National Machinery and Policies on Gender in Afghanistan

Post Bonn Conference National Machinery and Policies on Gender in Afghanistan

Introduction The paper examines the implementation of the institutional mechanisms related to women’s political participation during the year 2001 to 2014. The year 2001 is important because the international community came together in December 2001 in Bonn Germany to decide the roadmap of Afghanistan’s future. The most recent Presidential election of Afghanistan took place in…Read More

International Institutional Mechanisms on Gender in Afghanistan and 2001, Bonn Conference

International Institutional Mechanisms on Gender in Afghanistan and 2001, Bonn Conference

Introduction The article highlights the significance of international institutional mechanisms for removing gender gap and women empowerment. This article signifies the extent, which these mechanisms help to promote the gender related policy in Afghanistan. So it is important to know the direct or indirect outcome of these mechanisms for increasing the role of women in…Read More