Afghan Women's Bill of Rights

Afghan Women's Bill of Rights

• Afghan women meet in Kandahar to discuss the new Afghan constitution and women’s rights

• The women came from all over the country to participate in the conference

Afghan Women's Bill of Rights

• At the conference, the women drafted and agreed on an Afghan Women’s Bill of Rights

Afghan Women's Bill of Rights

• Local tribal leaders helped provide security

• Local religious leaders said: “People here are not ready for change”

Afghan Women's Bill of Rights

• Conference participants told the Constitution Commission that the rights of widows and orphans need special protection

Afghan Women's Bill of Rights

• Afghan women presented the Bill of Rights to Pres. Karzai

• He expressed his support for the principles underlying the Bill of Rights

WAW in Afghanistan

• Student of WAW-sponsored class receiving her diploma and sewing machine

Afghan women demand the right to economic independence and equal pay for equal work

WAW in Afghanistan

• WAW members helped secure the release of a young woman held for traveling alone without a male guardian, and asked Pres. Karzai to open shelters for wrongfully imprisoned women