Afghan Women's Bill of Rights

1
Afghan Women's Bill of Rights
2
Afghan Women's Bill of Rights

• Afghan women meet in Kandahar to discuss the new
  Afghan constitution and womens rights
• The women came from all over the country to
  participate in the conference

3
Afghan Women's Bill of Rights

• At the conference, the women drafted and agreed
  on an Afghan Womens Bill of Rights

4
Afghan Women's Bill of Rights

• Local tribal leaders helped provide security
• Local religious leaders said People here are
  not ready for change

5
Afghan Women's Bill of Rights

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

6
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

7
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
8
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