Looking Back to 2023: NAP UNSCR 1325 Signatory since 2007

Supporting and Leading NAP 1325 Activities Since 2007.

On June 12th 2023, the bi-annual meeting NAP 1325- IV took place with an event on safeguarding women and girls in and from conflict zones. As a committed advocate for gender equality, we partnered with the Dutch government since 2007 to actively support the inclusion of women's rights in the Afghanistan reconstruction agenda. In line with NAP 1325-I, the Afghan Women’s Network and the NAP 1325 signatory Gender Concerns International organised a conference with the Dutch government in 2010 held at the Peace Palace in The Hague, attended by the former Deputy Minister of Women’s Affairs, Palwasha Kakar and many other international dignitaries, such as Ambassador Melanne Verveer to promote support among the international community for a delegation of Afghan women to be represented at a UN conference on the future of Afghanistan. These joint efforts eventually resulted in an Afghan woman being given speaking time at the conference. History was made.