Media

Media enquiries and Interviews 

During the GCA BAAGs Media Consultant Jemini Pandya worked with the Civil Society delegation on media activties ranging from workshops, press releases and interviews. As a result the views and voices of Afghan civil society reached a global news base via 24 interviews on broadcast and print media. Below is our media bank, catergorised by language, which we invite you to explore and learn about civil society's views and voices in Afghanistan. 

 

Interviews

BBC - Bost Civil Society Organisation (At 49mins) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w172w1fvzzp44cf 

BBC - Bost Civil Society Organisation (At 15 minutes) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w172w1fvzzp4cvp 

Afghan Conference seeks solidarity for reform - Aljazeera https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/11/afghan-conference-seeks-solidarity-reforms-181128072453541.html

Briefing with Afghan Civil Society - UN  https://acanu.ch/2018/11/26/briefing-with-afghan-civil-society/  

 

Articles

 

English

1) https://www.dawn.com/news/1448094

2) http://gulftoday.ae/portal/5cb23bf5-9a05-42df-b593-b4e67634b863.aspx

3) https://punchng.com/161-afghan-children-betrothed-married-or-sold-because-their-parents-are-in-debt-un/

4) http://www.arabnews.com/node/1411766/world

5) https://www.iol.co.za/news/world/desperate-parents-forced-to-marry-off-children-for-money-18282751

6) https://menafn.com/1097755935/Afghanistan-Drought-conflict-driving-Afghans-to-marry-off-children-UN

 

French 

1) https://www.letemps.ch/monde/lafghanistan-un-point-rupture-0

2) https://www.laliberte.ch/news-agence/detail/plus-de-70-enfants-vendus-en-raison-de-la-secheresse-en-afghanistan/465426

3) https://www.lematin.ch/monde/70-enfants-vendus-raison-secheresse/story/10333293

4) https://www.20min.ch/ro/news/monde/story/Plus-de-70-enfants-vendus-en-raison-de-la-secheresse-24867066

5) https://www.swissinfo.ch/fre/plus-de-70-enfants-vendus-en-raison-de-la-sécheresse-en-afghanistan/44573358

6) https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2018/11/27/la-secheresse-pousse-des-afghans-a-vendre-leurs-enfants-en-mariage-alerte-l-onu_5389422_3210.html

7) https://fr.metrotime.be/2018/11/27/actualite/les-afghans-vendent-leurs-enfants-a-cause-de-la-secheresse/

8) https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2018/11/27/la-secheresse-pousse-des-afghans-a-vendre-leurs-enfant 

9) https://www.msn.com/fr-ch/actualite/other/pauvreté-extrême-ils-vendent-leurs-enfants/ar-BBQ81UQ

10) https://www.rtbf.be/info/monde/detail_des-afghans-forces-de-vendre-leurs-enfants-a-cause-de-la-secheresse?id=10083473

11) https://actu.orange.fr/monde/la-secheresse-pousse-des-afghans-pauvres-a-vendre-leurs-enfants-selon-l-unicef-francetv-CNT000001ah6zi.html

12) https://www.francetvinfo.fr/monde/afghanistan/la-secheresse-pousse-des-afghans-a-vendre-leurs-enfants-selon-l-onu_3074721.html

13) http://www.lessentiel.lu/fr/news/monde/story/pauvrete-extreme-ils-vendent-leurs-enfants-18116603

 

Scandinavia/German

1) https://www.dagsavisen.no/verden/desperate-afghanske-foreldre-tvinges-til-a-selge-barn-for-a-betale-gjeld-og-mat-1.1240604

2) https://www.luzernerzeitung.ch/newsticker/international/afghanistan-umwirbt-in-genf-investoren-zivilgesellschaft-in-angst-ld.1073644

3) https://www.abcnyheter.no/nyheter/verden/2018/11/28/195478739/afghanske-foreldre-tvinges-til-selge-barna

4) https://www.n-tv.de/politik/Afghanistan-wirbt-fuer-neue-Investoren-article20743265.html

5) https://www.aargauerzeitung.ch/ausland/uno-sieht-fortschritte-in-afghanistan-zivilgesellschaft-skeptisch-133772796

6) https://www.bote.ch/nachrichten/international/uno-sieht-fortschritte-in-afghanistan;art46446,1141637

7) https://www.dw.com/de/afghanistan-vor-dem-zusammenbruch/a-46472821

8) https://www.tt.com/ticker/14985492/afghanistan-aktivistin-wir-brauchen-frieden-in-gerechtigkeit

 

Portuguese and Brazilian

1) https://sicnoticias.sapo.pt/mundo/2018-11-27-Seca-leva-alguns-afegaos-a-venderem-os-filhos

2) https://www.correiobraziliense.com.br/app/noticia/mundo/2018/11/27/interna_mundo,721837/onu-denuncia-que-seca-tem-levado-afegaos-a-vender-seus-filhos.shtml

3) https://noticias.uol.com.br/ultimas-noticias/efe/2018/11/27/pior-seca-em-decadas-no-afeganistao-leva-familias-a-entregarem-os-filhos.htm

4) https://istoe.com.br/onu-denuncia-que-seca-tem-levado-afegaos-a-vender-seus-filhos/

5) https://exame.abril.com.br/mundo/pior-seca-em-decadas-tem-levado-afegaos-a-vender-seus-filhos-denuncia-onu/

6) https://zap.aeiou.pt/seca-afegaos-vender-filhas-comprar-comida-228594

7) https://www.jn.pt/mundo/interior/seca-leva-alguns-afegaos-a-vender-filhas-para-casamento-alerta-onu-10243959.html

8) https://www.noticiasaominuto.com/mundo/1126353/seca-leva-alguns-afegaos-a-venderem-os-filhos-alerta-onu

 

Spanish

1) https://www.noticiasaominuto.com/mundo/1126353/seca-leva-alguns-afegaos-a-venderem-os-filhos-alerta-onu 

2) https://www.nacion.com/el-mundo/interes-humano/padres-venden-sus-hijas-en-afganistan-para/VLUTCNS5JRGTNKUBWRR5CQ536A/story/

3) https://www.lajornadamaya.mx/2018-11-27/Sequia-lleva-a-padres-a--vender--a-sus-hijas-en-Afganistan

4) https://www.lateja.cr/internacionales/gran-sequia-en-afganistan-obliga-a-los-tatas-a/T6MARC3EZNEQZFXWCHNCV2MGIE/story/

5) http://www.zocalo.com.mx/new_site/articulo/sequia-lleva-a-padres-a-vender-a-sus-hijas-en-afganistan 

6) https://rpp.pe/mundo/actualidad/la-amo-pero-no-me-dan-otra-opcion-el-pais-donde-la-sequia-lleva-a-los-padres-a-vender-a-sus-hijas-noticia-1166065

 

For Media enquiries and interview requests regarding the Afghan Civil Society Delegation please contact Thomas, Project Coordinator at BAAG, on +44 (0) 20 7633 4979 or thomas.ohare@baag.org.uk

For information on the Geneva Conference, programme and venue, see https://unama.unmissions.org/geneva-conference-afghanistan