Conference proceedings: RWI Research Conference on Human Rights in Afghanistan

That includes RWI Fellows, and researchers from the Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law (MPFPR); the American University of Afghanistan (AUA); the US Institute of Peace (USIP); the Organization for Policy Research and Development Studies (DROPS); the University of Leuven/MADRE, and the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at the University of London. [...] Purpose The purpose of the conference is to share current research by Afghan scholars on human rights in Afghanistan, and to discuss its potential, as well as future research priorities, for the promotion of human rights and gender equality in Afghanistan, including through the UNSR research agenda. [...] *** 14 The vicious cycle of women rights violations in Afghanistan and the need for accountability Hanifa Girowal (RWI Research Fellow 2023) The vicious cycle of women rights violations in Afghanistan and the need for accountability: My main argument in this paper reflects upon one of the main factors of gender persecution and women’s rights violations in Afghanistan which is the intricate interpl. [...] It is the constant struggles for the right to education from the educated segment of the society against the conservatives and extremists that show the progress that was made in the past century. [...] The paper aims to analyze the placement and value of education in the constitutions of Afghanistan for the past 100 years from the very first modern constitution that was established in the early 1900s to the most recent one which was established in 2004.