Why Afghanistan
Women in Afghanistan hold political leadership positions, and with that role comes an incredible opportunity to bring about change on a national level and in their communities throughout the country.
Our Work in Afghanistan
WCI’s programs in Afghanistan are designed to help elected officials meet the specific needs of women affected by long-standing conflict, poverty and national trauma and to govern effectively. The programs include trainings and dialogue on conflict transformation, inter-gender communication, gender within the context of the Qur’an, the Afghan Constitution, human rights, and media skills-building. WCI also conducted training on campaign skills and governance strengthening.
Programs
March 2011: Leadership, communication and advocacy skills training for 52 newly elected women Members of Parliament.
Partner: US Embassy of Afghanistan’s AWE Grants Program
November 2010 and May 2011: Training workshop focusing on women’s leadership and inter-gender communication for 18 members of the Afghan Diplomatic Corps and 22 Afghan Civil Servants.
Partners: Superior School of Public Administration in Italy and Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
May 2010: Training of trainers seminar for 25 participants on supporting Afghan women candidates for the 2010 election. Participants were each tasked with training an additional 25 women for a total of 625 women trained in campaign strategy.
Partner: Act on 8 Foundation
2007-2008: Trips for women Provincial Councellors (PCs) to visit rural women’s groups in various districts and work with the local Directorates of Women’s Affairs to conduct workshops for 60 rural women focused on mobilizing rural populations to network and strategize on women’s issues.
Partner: Canadian International Development Agency
2006: Training workshops for 143 members of Afghanistan’s National Provincial Council on themes of leadership, gender and coalition-building for political impact.
Partner: German Technical Cooperation’s Gender Mainstreaming Project
Our Impact In Afghanistan
