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MINISTER’S MESSAGE The full implementation of the National Action Plan for the Women of Afghanistan (NAPWA) is a high level benchmark under the Afghanistan Compact and the I-ANDS. With this National Action Plan for the Women of Afghanistan, we are taking I-ANDS one step forward by translating its gender commitments and strategies into operational terms. This is also our vehicle for implementing the gender provisions of the Constitution, the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) that was ratified by our government in March 2003, and the Beijing Platform for Action (BPFA) that is the global framework for promoting the advancement of women. The National Action Plan for the Women of Afghanistan has benefited from nearly two years of consultations with all ministries, nongovernmental organizations, the international community, and other sectors of civil society. All of our society shapes and is shaped by the lives of women. We appeal to all sectors of society to do their share in identifying measures that they could implement over the short and long term to realize the vision set forth in the NAPWA. The Ministry of Women‘s Affairs will assist ministries and provincial governments in implementing the actions agreed upon during the NAPWA ministerial planning workshops in 2005. Every action taken to implement this plan constitutes a step forward to a better life for all because what is good for women is good for the nation. HUSSUN BANU GHAZANFAR Minister 6
ANALYSIS OF CONTEXT 1. OVERVIEW OF WOMEN’S SITUATION Women constitute roughly 49% of Afghanistan‘s 23.3 million people 1 . The development of women‘s human capital is strongly articulated in principle 5 of the Afghanistan Compact (AC) and highlighted as one of the 3 goals of gender equity in the Interim Afghanistan National Development Strategy (I-ANDS). The importance of this imperative cannot be overemphasized because women constitute an enormous reservoir of human resources that could significantly bolster the government‘s effort to rebuild the nation. The current situation of women in the country presents a serious challenge to human development. The women of Afghanistan are among the worst off in the world, both in comparison to Afghan men and with women of most countries. Their situation is particularly poor in the areas of health, deprivation of rights, protection against violence, economic productivity, education and literacy, and public participation. The average Afghan woman has a life span of 44 2 years, around 20 years short of the global average. While in general, women around the world live longer than men, women in Afghanistan die at a younger age than men. And despite the high level of male casualties during the 25 years of war, men still outnumber women by significant levels in the contemporary era, with an average ratio of 104 men to 100 women for all ages. The women of Afghanistan are among the worst off in the world, both in comparison to Afghan men and with women of most countries. Their situation is particularly poor in the areas of health, deprivation of rights, protection against violence, economic productivity, education and literacy and public participation. It is the unusually harsh realities for women in Afghanistan that circumscribe women‘s situation and consequently shorten their life. It should be noted, however, that such realities cannot be viewed in isolation from the circumstances that the country experienced during the past decades of conflict or from harmful traditional practices that have shaped the current position of women in the family and society. 1 Pre-census 2004 results; Central Statistics Office (CSO). 2 Afghanistan National Development Report 2004: Security with a Human Face, Challenges and Responsibilities; 2004, UNDP Report 7
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Page 3 and 4: TABLE OF CONTENTS ABBREVIATIONS ...
Page 5: PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE The advanceme
Page 9 and 10: the primary school level was 54% in
Page 11 and 12: Agreement resulted in the adoption
Page 13 and 14: VISION, MISSION, GOALS AND STRATEGI
Page 15 and 16: any other field” 21 . Elimination
Page 17 and 18: implemented by the national appoint
Page 19 and 20: mandatory principles that have to b
Page 21 and 22: The I-ANDS goal on gender equality
Page 23 and 24: PILLAR I: SECURITY The Government r
Page 25 and 26: epercussions of violence men have i
Page 27 and 28: government. Changing mindsets is es
Page 29 and 30: 4.4 Eliminating women-directed viol
Page 31 and 32: policies and programs to be reviewe
Page 33 and 34: security measures, including the pr
Page 35 and 36: PILLAR 2: GOVERNANCE, RULE OF LAW A
Page 37 and 38: LEGAL PROTECTION AND HUMAN RIGHTS P
Page 39 and 40: • Increased access to free legal
Page 41 and 42: 3.2 Need to reconcile the relevant
Page 43 and 44: hospitals, schools and universities
Page 45 and 46: promotion of women police officers
Page 47 and 48: enforcement and judicial personnel
Page 49 and 50: movements and NGOs and are active i
Page 51 and 52: 3.4 Undermined starting point of wo
Page 53 and 54: officials in the national and provi
Page 55 and 56: participation in all Afghan institu
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and mainstreaming of gender awarene
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Pillar 3: ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVEL
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ECONOMY, WORK AND POVERTY “To men
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To attain this goal, the following
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denial of property rights (mostly a
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paid work, and (c) domestic product
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amend and abolish provisions that i
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the informal economy 71
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Even where reproductive facilities
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access to health care 56 . There is
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strategy, the Ministry of Public He
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contribute to the high MMR in Afgha
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placements) for female students to
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EDUCATION “Read in the name of th
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complete the higest possible level
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3.6 Insufficient access to accelera
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Alternate education, accelerated le
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equity in the National Skills Devel
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availability of dormitories and oth
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IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY 1. OVERVIEW
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eview and integration of gender com
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specific guidelines and checklists
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making to planning, programming, bu
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national census. Statistical public
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GENDER MAINSTREAMING POLICY Islamic
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its sector’s gender issues. The a
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PLAN FORMULATION PROCESS The proces
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) technical meetings between planni
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egional consultations in the provin
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CONSULTATIONS AND PARTICIPANTS Laun
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Naweeda (MOWA); Farida Muhib Zada (
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Participants: Rahela Nazrabi (Women
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Iqleema (Department of Planning); A
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Danish (MOWA); Qudaratullah Muhib (
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Participants: Engineer Sharif (Chie
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Haria (Supervisor, HAS); Amina Nida
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GLOSSARY Affirmative action: Broadl
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Gender Analysis: Gender analysis is
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Labour and Social Affairs (MoLSA) h
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judicial mechanisms, with differing
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22. Equal Participation of Men and
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