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Emerging Challenges: Closing Gaps in the Protection of Afghan Women and Girls– A Report on the Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children’s Mission to Pakistan and Afghanistan

Authored by: Mary Diaz and Ramina Johal

Categories: Humanitarian Emergencies, Violent Conflict
Sub-Categories: Human Development, Migration, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV), Sexual and Reproductive Health
Country: Afghanistan, Pakistan
Region: South and Central Asia
Year: 2003
Citation: Diaz, Mary and Ramina Johal. Emerging Challenges: Closing Gaps in the Protection of Afghan Women and Girls-- A Report on the Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children's Mission to Pakistan and Afghanistan. New York: Women's Commission for Refugee and Children, 2003.

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Abstract

This report summarizes findings from the Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children’s (Women’s Commission) mission to Islamabad and Peshawar, Pakistan, Kabul and Herat, Afghanistan, from November 11 – 24, 2002, and includes recommendations for action. The Women’s Commission’s work in the region includes three components:
1. Afghan Women’s Fund: this fund provides small grants to Afghan women’s organizations for projects promoting the rights of women and girls, including access to healthcare, education and employment opportunities.
2. Reproductive Health for Refugees: this project works to improve refugees’ access to family planning, emergency obstetrics, services to prevent and treat rape, gender-based violence (GBV) and sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS.
3. Monitoring and reporting of protection issues for women, girls and boys.