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2019-03-11

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2019-03-11

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1. “Despite the introduction of new laws, there remain persistent obstacles to the implementation of the law, with women and girls as well as the broader community not being fully aware of their rights and protections under the law. As we look forward, we must ensure that all conflict-resolution processes, including the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programme, equally involve women as both participants and beneficiaries. They must also improve protection and ensure access to justice for all. Let me conclude by stressing what practice and evidence has taught us. An inclusive approach to peace and reconciliation that promotes and protects the rights of women is critical for the effectiveness and sustainability of peace.”

   2019-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8481 (2019) · source

2. “An inclusive process will ensure that a ceasefire includes gender-awareness provisions, identifies violations related to gender-based violence and provides arrangements for women to monitor compliance with the ceasefire agreement. Thirdly, the Constitution provides women and men with equal rights in line with sharia and Islamic principles. The Constitution was agreed upon by women and men across Afghanistan at the Constitutional Loya Jirga. It is imperative that those voices be respected and that the gender-equality provisions of the Constitution be maintained. Lastly, violence against women and girls remains a serious concern in Afghanistan.”

   2019-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8481 (2019) · source

3. “First, the women of Afghanistan call for their full, equal and meaningful representation in peace and reconciliation processes relating to Afghanistan. Women are best placed to raise the concerns and priorities of women, as well as to find broad-based solutions that benefit all of society. Afghan women emphasize the need for a transparent and accountable peace process that protects and promotes women's human rights, supports justice for victims of violence and war and prevents a culture of impunity. Secondly, we see the momentum towards a ceasefire as critical. But women must be included in the security- sector reform, and gender advisers must be included in all stages of a ceasefire.”

   2019-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8481 (2019) · source

4. “Rather, it will serve to bring Afghanistan back to the social and political exclusion that women were once subjected to and deepen the drivers of conflict. Today in Afghanistan, women play a significant role in every sector in the country, including decision-making. In the parliamentary elections in October 2018, men and women from diverse areas of Afghanistan chose to vote for women candidates, dispelling myths concerning women's participation and demonstrating that many of them have turned towards promoting women's rights. The Afghan Women's Network led a series of consultations in 2018 involving women and women's organizations across the entire country. Through this statement the Afghan Women's Network shares the voices of those women from all 34 provinces of Afghanistan.”

   2019-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8481 (2019) · source

5. “Ms. Tapesh: It is a great honour to address the Security Council on behalf of the Afghan Women's Network. We, the women of Afghanistan, have cautious optimism for peace. Yet we are concerned more than ever that women's civil rights will be compromised in the name of peace. An inclusive approach to peace and reconciliation in Afghanistan will ensure that the voices of all Afghans, especially women, are included and that the benefits of peace are shared. Any agreement related to peace and reconciliation in Afghanistan that fails to meaningfully engage women and gender-equality experts or fails to promote and protect the rights of women and reflect the realities of women will not result in peace for women.”

   2019-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8481 (2019) · source