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Read more06 DecReturns & Displacement - BAAG Policy Position Paper 2018
BAAG is pleased to present its autumn 2018 Policy Position Paper on...
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Read more05 NovAfghanistan in October 2018; Key News
Elections
The long-awaited parliamentary elections which have been delayed for three years, were finally held in Afghanistan on the...
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Read more05 OctAfghanistan in September 2018; Key News
Peace and Politics
Peace remained elusive in September. An anonymous Taliban official told Reuters that they met with Afghan government representatives...
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Read more05 OctStatement of Afghan civil society at the Brussels Conference
Statement of Afghan civil society at the Brussels Conference
5 Oct 2016
PALWASHA HASSAN Good Afternoon, Excellencies,
We are deeply honoured to speak today on behalf of the...
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Read more01 AprAfghanistan in March 2015: BAAG's review of the news
Afghanistan in March 2015
Politics
After a brief hiatus, March saw a buzzing political scene as the current Afghan...
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Read more27 MarReport launch presents civil society recommendations from London Conference
Today we launch the complete report of our Ayenda Conference. ...
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Read more15 DecAyenda conference reveals a thriving civil society
“We have created a better Afghanistan today and are on the right course to achieving even more.
We are a new democracy but an old civilisation, a poor country but a rich culture, a nation...
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Read more21 NovOngoing commitment needed for Afghanistan
In a letter to BAAG this week from British Prime Minister David Cameron, the...
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Read more27 OctBAAG launch their Getting it Right report on gender programmes
Women’s rights and gender inequity was a key justification for the international intervention in Afghanistan in 2001. In November 2001, Prime Minister Blair’s wife Cherie held a press conference...
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Read more01 AprGetting It Right Gender conference highlights ways forward for Afghan women
For 4 days last week, BAAG discussed women’s rights and gender issues with some of the most experienced experts from Afghanistan and Europe. We have been delighted to host...
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Read more20 MarBAAG prepare to welcome Afghan gender specialists for critical conference
BAAG have invited 4 prominent Afghans to join them in London next week for a 2-day conference and a selection of key meetings.
Soraya Sobrang, Najila Ayubi, Belquis Ahmadi and Shaheer...
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Read more20 FebThe highs and lows in Afghanistan’s ongoing campaign for women’s rights
For the last 2 weeks, women’s rights in Afghanistan have featured heavily in the international media. Primarily this focused on the Afghan parliament’s passing of a controversial article in the...