Afghanistan-uka 2015 er et samarbeid mellom Afghanistankomiteen, Chr. Michelsens institutt (CMI) og Institutt for fredsforskning (PRIO). I tillegg bidrar en lang rekke andre organisasjoner til programmet. Sentrale afghanske og internasjonale eksperter og aktører kommer til Norge for å stå bak talerstoler og delta i debatter. Afghanistankomiteen er initiativtaker og koordinator for uka som blir gjennomført med støtte fra Fritt Ord og Norad. De fleste av arrangementene vil foregå hos Røde Kors i Hausmanns gate 7 i Oslo.
The Afghanistan Week 2015 is a cooperation between the Norwegian Afghanistan Committee, the Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI) and the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), along with a host of Norwegian NGOs. Our aim is to bring Afghanistan to the top of the Norwegian agenda, bringing Afghan and international experts to Norway to inform and debate. Most events will take place at Hausmanns gate 7, hosted by The Norwegian Red Cross.
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Addressing impunity for gender violence has been one of the single most important focus areas for women activists and donors when it comes to women’s rights in Afghanistan. Efforts to address this issue had included the adoption of land mark legislation such as the Elimination of Violence Against Women ( EVAW) law, the establishment of specialized prosecution units, workshop and training programs and considerable donor pressure. Yet it has proven very difficult to increase the prosecution and conviction of violence against women in Afghanistan. Going beyond standard explanations such as ‘lack of political will’ or ‘culture’ this seminar asks why this is so. Have the strategies that have been adopted been sound? Should NATO countries have put the enforcement of the EVAW law higher on their agenda? Is it at all meaningful to press for convictions in cases of family violence as along as women are dependent on their families for survival?
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