DOCSLIB.ORG

Hamish Nixon Governance and Development Researcher Dr

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Hamish Nixon Governance and Development Researcher Dr Hamish Nixon Governance and Development Researcher Dr. Hamish Nixon coordinates research on the parameters of a durable peace process in Afghanistan for the Peace Research Institute of Oslo and the United States Institute for Peace. He spent five years in Kabul as the World Bank’s Subnational Governance Specialist. Prior to that he spent three years as the governance researcher at the Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU). He has researched and advised on post-conflict governance in Cambodia, El Salvador and Afghanistan, and supervised or monitored post-conflict and transitional elections in Afghanistan, the Balkans, Russia, the Middle East, Central America, and Southeast Asia. He completed his Ph.D. on peace processes and post-conflict political development at St. Antony’s College, Oxford, and has held appointments at the Queen’s College, Oxford, and Kingston University. Hamish Nixon will speak at the seminar sub national and local governance about the international aid channelled through central or provincial levels, and how this link up with the future of the NSP. Mr. Mohammad Tariq Ismati Executive Director, National Solidarity Programme, Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation, Afghanistan Mohammad Tariq Ismati was born in Kandahar, Afghanistan on December 4th 1979. He comes from an educated family and his father was a former military colonel from King Zaher Shah regime in Afghanistan. His family moved to capital (Kabul) where he went to his primary and secondary schooling and eventually completed his high school in Taliban region of Kandahar since his family moved back to Kandahar after the internal fighting started between Mujaheedin groups in Kabul in 1992. He started his career with international NGOs and UN agencies in Kandahar, Afghanistan during the Taliban regime. In 2004 he was appointed as the National Program Officer for the Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) program by UNDP looking after its Demobilization and Reintegration management for southern Afghanistan. Since that time he has become involved in reintegration and community development activities in southern Afghanistan and after the completion of DDR program he joined Rural Development programs with the ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) in Kandahar. In 2006 after the first NATO led military operation under the name of Medusa in Zhare and Panjwaie districts of Kandahar, the rural communities in target districts were left with tremendous collateral damage, ruined infrastructure and most importantly a larger gap of trust due to inappropriate military strategy that had no pre-consideration for rehabilitation and development. MRRD as the only active Afghan ministry with national development programs for rural communities took the initiative to decentralize its technical functions in order to achieve rapid development objectives in order to (a) build trust between local communities and the government of Afghanistan by immediate responses to the prioritized development needs of villagers (b) strengthen the local capacities by community lead development approaches. Mr. Ismati was chosen as the lead person for this strategic task and soon after the materialization of this approach a considerable movement of communities toward joining development was noticed that made MRRD so popular among local villagers and the practice eventually turned to be named Kandahar Modal, which is famous as a successful modal for rapid development. In October 2008 Mohammad Tariq Ismati was offered the position of Chief of Operations for National Area Based Development Program (NABDP) within MRRD in Kabul and soon after he joined National Solidarity Program in the capacity of Executive Director that is his current position with MRRD. Apart from his professional career, his first degree is an Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) specialized in General Management from Preston University in Pakistan completed on distance learning basis. And currently he is following his second degree for Master of Science and Administration (MSA) – International Development Program (IDP) at Andrews University of USA through off campus arrangements in Florence, Italy. Last but not least, he has participated in NATO summits in Riga, Latvia in 2006 and 2008 as a young leader from Afghanistan and also participated as an Afghan leader from Afghanistan in YATA and ATA 54th general assembly in Berlin, Germany in 2008. Muhammad Tariq Ismati will speak about the National Solidarity Programme and its impact on sub- national and local governance. Ahmad Nader Nadery Commissioner at the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) Ahmad Nader Nadery is a Commissioner at the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission. He represented Afghan Peace Activists at the UN peace talks for Afghanistan in the Bonn Conference in 2001. He serves as Chairperson of Fair and Free Election Foundation of Afghanistan (FEFA) and is chairperson of the advisory board of Open Society Institute Afghan programs. He has written extensively on politics and human rights in Afghanistan and is a member of Board of Editors of the International Journal on Transitional Justice. He served as Spokesperson for the political national assembly (Loya Jerga) in 2002 and organized the election for this assembly. Prior to his appointment as the commissioner at the AIHRC he established the office and worked as the country director for the international human rights law group. Mr. Nadery won several international awards and was recognized as an "Asian Hero" by Time Magazine. He was also a 21 Young Asia Leader's fellow with the Asia Society and was named as Young Global Leaders by the world Economic Forum in 2008. Mr. Nadery studied law and political sciences at the Kabul University and earned his masters degree on International Affairs policy and Practice from George Washington University. Nader Nadery will speak about a culture of impunity and corruption and its effect on rule of law and human rights at the seminar Constitutional State, Rule of law. Sari Kouvo, Thomas Ruttig and Martine van Bijlert are the co-directors of Afghan Analyst Network (AAN). AAN is a non-profit, independent policy research organisation. It aims to bring together the knowledge, experience and drive of a large number of experts to better inform policy and to increase the understanding of Afghan realities. Sari Kouvo Co-director and senior analyst, Afghan Analysts Network Dr. Sari Kouvo is a Finnish citizen residing in Belgium, spending half her time in Afghanistan. She is a Human Rights Lawyer with extensive knowledge of the Afghan justice system and human rights situation. Her areas of expertise include Afghanistan, international law, post-conflict rule-of-law reform, gender and human rights. Prior to joining International Centre for Transitional Justice (ICTJ), she was Human Rights and Rule of Law Advisor to the European Union Special Representative for Afghanistan in Kabul (2004-2006). She also served as Researcher on Afghanistan at Amnesty International and a researcher and lecturer within the Department of Law at Gothenburg University. She is a member of the European Union’s Civilian Response Teams for Multifunctional Crisis Management and is a founding member of both the Center for Global Gender Studies and the Center for the Study of Human Rights at Gothenburg University. She has been a visiting fellow at the NATO Defense College (Italy), the Center for Law, Gender, and Sexuality at Keele University (UK), the Institute for Human Rights at Abo Academy University (Finland), and the Center for International and Public Law at Australian National University. Sari Kouvo will speak about constitutional law versus informal law system and access to justice at the seminar Constitutional State, Rule of law. Thomas Ruttig Co-director and senior analyst, Afghan Analysts Network Thomas Ruttig studied Afghanistics at Humboldt University, Berlin (Germany). He has spent almost 10 years working in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Thomas worked for the GDR Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the 1980s; for the UN as respectively UNSMA head of office in Kabul, adviser to the Afghan Independent Emergency Loya Jirga Commission, and UNAMA head of office in Islamabad and Gardez (2000-2003); as the Deputy to the EU Special Representative for Afghanistan (2003-2004); and Political Adviser to the German Embassy in Kabul (2004-2006). In 2006-2008 he was a Visiting Fellow at the German think-tank Stiftung Wissenschaft and Politik (SWP). From 2008 he has been working as an author and independent political analyst. Thomas speaks Pashto and Dari. Thomas Rutting will speak about the security sector: police, Afghan National Army and the issue of militias at the seminar Constitutional State, Rule of law. Martine van Bijlert Co-director and senior analyst, Afghan Analysts Network Martine van Bijlert studied Sociology of Non-Western Societies at Leiden University in the Netherlands and has spent over 11 years working and living in Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan. Martine's interest in the region started when, as a student, she visited Quetta twice to study the situation of Afghan refugees (1990 and 1992/3). After that she worked as Community Development Officer in Kabul for an international NGO (1997-1998); Political Secretary for the Netherlands Embassy in Tehran (2001-2004); Political Adviser to the EU Special Representative for Afghanistan in Kabul (2004-2008); and most recently as an independent analyst for, among others, the Afghan Research and Evaluation
Load more

Recommended publications
  • “It Is Not Charity, It Is a Chair of Power” - Moving Beyond Symbolic Representation in Afghanistan’S Transition Politics?
    “It is not Charity, it is a Chair of Power” - Moving Beyond Symbolic Representation in Afghanistan’s Transition Politics? Andrea Fleschenberg Research Study Publication Series “Reviewing Gender Quotas in Afghanistan and Pakistan” 2016 “It is not Charity, it is a Chair of Power”1- Moving Beyond Symbolic Representation in Afghanistan’s Transition Politics? Research Study Publication Series “Reviewing Gender Quotas in Afghanistan and Pakistan” 2016 Andrea Fleschenberg 1 “It is not charity, it is a chair of power and when you are there, you have to get tough with all the vulnerability you face” (interview with MP Farkhunda Zahra Naderi, Kabul, April 2015). The Heinrich Böll Stiftung is a German foundation and part of the Green political movement that has developed worldwide as a response to the traditional politics of socialism, liberalism, and conservatism. Our main tenets are ecology and sustainability, democracy and human rights, self-determination and justice. We place particular emphasis on gender democracy, meaning social emancipation and equal rights for women and men. We are also committed to equal rights for cultural and ethnic minorities. Finally, we promote non-violence and proactive peace policies. To achieve our goals, we seek strategic partnerships with others who share our values. Our namesake, Heinrich Böll, personifies the values we stand for: protection of freedom, civic courage, tolerance, open debate, and the valuation of art and culture as independent spheres of thought and action. For further information on our country programs in Afghanistan and Pakistan please visit our websites: www.af.boell.org www.pk.boell.org Disclaimer: This comparative action research project and its publication series were prepared with the support of the Heinrich Böll Stiftung, Afghanistan office.
    [Show full text]
  • Amrullah Saleh – CV
    Amrullah Saleh – CV Amrullah Saleh is the former head of the National Security Directorate (NDS) of Afghanistan. In year 2004 at the age of 32 he became the youngest head of NDS. Previously under the leadership of the Northern Alliance Leader Ahmad Shah Massoud he worked on different capacities and by early 2000 Mr Saleh managed some of the intelligence affairs of Northern Alliance. After his appointment as head of NDS in 2004, Saleh helped rebuild the Afghan intelligence service and was considered as someone in the Afghan government with a clear understanding of the security challenges facing the country. The United States considered Mr Saleh one of the most effective ministers in Post Taliban Afghanistan. In 2006 during an official visit to Pakistan, Mr Saleh presented evidence to Gen. Pervez Musharaf, the then Pakistan`s president, and claimed that Osama Bin Laden was in Mansehra, 10 miles from where Bin Laden was found in 2011. On June 6, 2010, Amrullah Saleh resigned from the NDS after a militant attack against the National Peace Jirga. His resignation was deep rooted in his disagreement with Mr Karzai over his approach towards the Taliban. In 2010 Saleh launched a peaceful campaign (Green Trend) to warn that Hamid Karzai had lost conviction in the fight against the Taliban and was pursuing a compromise that could come at the cost of democracy, stability and human rights especially women's rights. He criticized Karzai's policy, which he called a "fatal mistake and a recipe for civil war". Green Trend of Afghanistan - a grass root decentralised movement - is led by Mr Saleh.
    [Show full text]
  • Stronger Together Women Parliamentarians in Joint Action for Peace and Security Stronger Together
    Stronger Together Women Parliamentarians in Joint Action for Peace and Security Stronger Together Women Parliamentarians in Joint Action for Peace and Security March 2014 Report prepared by Agnes Venema Copyright © 2014 EastWest Institute Illustration by Dan Page _ The views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the position of the EastWest Institute, its Board of Directors or staff. _ The EastWest Institute seeks to make the world a safer place by addressing the seemingly intractable problems that threaten regional and global stability. Founded in 1980, EWI is an international, non-partisan organization with offices in New York, Brussels, Moscow and Washington. EWI’s track record has made it a global go-to place for building trust, influencing policies and delivering solutions. Founded in 2008 by the EastWest Institute and several of the world’s renowned peacemakers, the Parliamentarians Network for Conflict Prevention mobilizes members in parliaments across the globe to find pioneering ways to prevent and end conflicts. Learn more at www.pncp.net _ The EastWest Institute 11 East 26th Street, 20th Floor New York, NY 10010 U.S.A. +1-212-824-4100 _ [email protected] www.ewi.info ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Partners: Women’s Action for New Direction (WAND) Parties with whom we cooperated: Ministry of Family and Social Policy – Turkey Grand National Assembly – Turkey HÜRSİAD – Ankara, Turkey Ankara municipality – Turkey Georgetown University – Washington D.C., USA North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) – Brussels, Belgium Soka Gakkai International – Washington D.C., USA Sanam Naraghi Anderlini at MIT Center for International Studies – Cambridge, MA, USA Beth Grupp at Beth Grupp Associates – Washington D.C., USA Jamila Raqib at Albert Einstein Institution – Boston, MA, USA Zuhal Kurt – Turkey STRONGER TOGETHER Allen Collinsworth – Turkey U.S.
    [Show full text]
  • Cybersecurity: FORGING SOLUTIONS
    Highlights BUILDING TRUST | INFLUENCING POLICIES | DELIVERING SOLUTIONS | EastWest Institute’s Quarterly Newsletter | FALL 2011 | www.ewi.info >> In this issue: President’s THE U.S. AND CHINA: BUILDING TruST Message Pathways to Peace: RecOnciliatiON WITH THE Taliban WOMEN lawmaKers MEET IN ISlamabad Nuclear Discussion FOrum EWI LEADERS: F. franciS NAJAFI ewi alumni: SONJA LICHT EWI WORLDWIDE CYBERSECURITY SUMMIT 2011 CYBERSecuritY: FORGING SOLUTIONS etween the phone hacking scandal at the News of the World and widespread theft of personal data from corporate databases, it was a busy summer for cybersecurity – and for EWI’s to everything from fighting cyber crime to ensuring BWorldwide Cybersecurity Initiative. Launched in 2009, that emergency communications can traverse crowded EWI’s initiative brings together corporate and govern- telecommunications networks. ment partners to protect our world’s digital infrastruc- ture. “I think there is a recognition by all governments, in- cluding my own, of the importance of securing cyber- On June 1-2, EWI hosted the Second Worldwide Cyber- space – the recognition that there has to be coopera- security Summit in London, which convened more than tion between governments and the private sector,” said 450 business, government and technical experts from Latha Reddy, Deputy National Security Adviser of India, 43 countries. The aim: to find new practical solutions speaking at the summit. > Worrying Numbers Highlights Here’s a look at how world experts saw the cybersecurity challenge at the London cybersecurity
    [Show full text]
  • “We Have the Promises of the World”
    Afghanistan “We Have the Promises HUMAN of the World” RIGHTS WATCH Women’s Rights in Afghanistan “We Have the Promises of the World” Women’s Rights in Afghanistan Copyright © 2009 Human Rights Watch All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America ISBN: 1-56432-574-1 Cover design by Rafael Jimenez Human Rights Watch 350 Fifth Avenue, 34th floor New York, NY 10118-3299 USA Tel: +1 212 290 4700, Fax: +1 212 736 1300 [email protected] Poststraße 4-5 10178 Berlin, Germany Tel: +49 30 2593 06-10, Fax: +49 30 2593 0629 [email protected] Avenue des Gaulois, 7 1040 Brussels, Belgium Tel: + 32 (2) 732 2009, Fax: + 32 (2) 732 0471 [email protected] 64-66 Rue de Lausanne 1202 Geneva, Switzerland Tel: +41 22 738 0481, Fax: +41 22 738 1791 [email protected] 2-12 Pentonville Road, 2nd Floor London N1 9HF, UK Tel: +44 20 7713 1995, Fax: +44 20 7713 1800 [email protected] 27 Rue de Lisbonne 75008 Paris, France Tel: +33 (1)43 59 55 35, Fax: +33 (1) 43 59 55 22 [email protected] 1630 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 500 Washington, DC 20009 USA Tel: +1 202 612 4321, Fax: +1 202 612 4333 [email protected] Web Site Address: http://www.hrw.org December 2009 1-56432-574-1 “We Have the Promises of the World” Women’s Rights in Afghanistan Map of Afghanistan ............................................................................................................ 1 I. Summary ......................................................................................................................... 2 Key Recommendations .................................................................................................. 11 II. Methodology ................................................................................................................ 12 III. Attacks on Women in Public Life ...................................................................................14 Women in Public Life in Afghanistan .............................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • The “Ten-Dollar Talib” and Women's Rights
    Afghanistan The “Ten-Dollar Talib” HUMAN and Women’s Rights RIGHTS WATCH Afghan Women and the Risks of Reintegration and Reconciliation The “Ten-Dollar Talib” and Women’s Rights Afghan Women and the Risks of Reintegration and Reconciliation Copyright © 2010 Human Rights Watch All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America ISBN: 1-56432-658-9 Cover design by Rafael Jimenez Human Rights Watch 350 Fifth Avenue, 34th floor New York, NY 10118-3299 USA Tel: +1 212 290 4700, Fax: +1 212 736 1300 [email protected] Poststraße 4-5 10178 Berlin, Germany Tel: +49 30 2593 06-10, Fax: +49 30 2593 0629 [email protected] Avenue des Gaulois, 7 1040 Brussels, Belgium Tel: + 32 (2) 732 2009, Fax: + 32 (2) 732 0471 [email protected] 64-66 Rue de Lausanne 1202 Geneva, Switzerland Tel: +41 22 738 0481, Fax: +41 22 738 1791 [email protected] 2-12 Pentonville Road, 2nd Floor London N1 9HF, UK Tel: +44 20 7713 1995, Fax: +44 20 7713 1800 [email protected] 27 Rue de Lisbonne 75008 Paris, France Tel: +33 (1)43 59 55 35, Fax: +33 (1) 43 59 55 22 [email protected] 1630 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 500 Washington, DC 20009 USA Tel: +1 202 612 4321, Fax: +1 202 612 4333 [email protected] Web Site Address: http://www.hrw.org July 2010 1-56432-658-9 The “Ten-Dollar Talib” and Women’s Rights Afghan Women and the Risks of Reintegration and Reconciliation Maps ................................................................................................................................................. 1 Summary ...........................................................................................................................................3 Key Recommendations .............................................................................................................. 10 Methodology ............................................................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • Afghanistan's Transition in the M Aking
    At the beginning of the military intervention in Afghanistan, gender- is despite women being particularly and most likely significantly af- related rhetoric was employed as a source of legitimation for the in- fected by the transition process – be it in terms of a possible power tervention. Initially regarded as the barometer of success for demo- sharing deal or a reconciliation agreement between the government cratization, today human and women’s rights are in danger of being and the insurgents or be it in terms of safeguarding the gender spe- dropped of the national and international transition agenda. The cific achievements of the past decade in the fields of education and present study by Andrea Fleschenberg shows that in national and health. Framed by interviews with women rights activists and women international debates about the transition process in Afghanistan, parliamentarians recommendations are lined out for future internati- women’s voices are seldom present, or taken into consideration. This onal policy commitments and responsibilities in Afghanistan. Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Schumannstraße 8, 10117 Berlin The Green Political Foundation T 030 28 53 40 F 030 28534109 E [email protected] W www.boell.de ISBN 978-3-86928-097-4 VOLUME 31 Afghanistan’s Transition in the Making Perceptions and Policy Strategies of Women Parliamentarians A study by Andrea Fleschenberg AFGHANISTAn’s TRANSITION IN THE MAKING PUBLICATION SERIES ON DEMOCRACY VOLUME 31 Afghanistan’s Transition in the Making Perceptions and Policy Strategies of Women Parliamentarians A study by Andrea Fleschenberg Edited by the Heinrich Böll Foundation Andrea Fleschenberg dos Ramos Pinéu, PhD, is DAAD Long Term Guest Professor at Quaid-i- Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    [Show full text]
  • Broucher Final Withabstract.Pdf
    SPEAKERS | Rahela Sidiqi is the Founding Director of Farkhunda Trust for Afghan Women's Education. She is the former Senior Advisor of Afghanistan Civil Service Commission and Senior Social Development Advisor of UN- Habitat Afghanistan. Since 1993, she has worked as a women's rights activist at the grassroots and policy levels in Afghanistan. She completed her BSc in Agriculture from Kabul University and her MA in Social Development Sustainable Livelihood from Reading University UK. Said T. Jawad is currently the Ambassador of Afghanistan to the United Kingdom. He has previously served as Chief of Staff to the President of Afghanistan (2001 to 2003), Afghanistan’s Ambassador to the United States, Mexico, Brazil, Columbia and Argentina (2003-2010), the Senior Political and Foreign Policy Advisor to the Chief Executive of Afghanistan (2015-2017), the Chief Executive Officer of Capitalize LLC, a global strategic advisory firm headquartered in Washington, DC (2010-2017), the Chairman of the Foundation for Afghanistan (2004-2014); and as a Global Political Strategist and Senior Counselor at APCO Worldwide (2010-2017). ACADEMIC DIASPORA CONFERENCE 2019 | LONDON SPEAKERS | Shinkai Karokhail has been a Member of Parliament for 11 years at Lower House in Afghanistan. She is long life women right activist. Mrs Karokhail was Ambassador of Afghanistan in Canada, Director of AWEC, and initiator of Campaign “lets fight against Cancer” along with other activists, established Women Parliamentary Caucus, that led to development of NAPWA. She was part of the team for drafting several laws that affect women rights i.e. Elimination of Violence Against Women Law. Miss Karokhail received several national international prestige’s’ awards.
    [Show full text]
  • EWI Annual Report 2010
    ANNUAL REPORT 2010 On the cover: the Wind Rose seen from the Monument of the Discoveries, Lisbon, Portugal ANNUAL REPORT 2010 CONTENTS Letter from the Co-Chairs 05 President’s Report 06 Who We Are 08 EWI’s 30th Anniversary 11 Strategic Trust-Building 16 Preventive Diplomacy & Regional Security 22 Worldwide Security 28 Publications and Outreach 34 The Year in Pictures 36 The Year in Numbers 43 Our Donors 44 Our Board 45 Our Staff 50 Our Staff - Then and Now 52 EWI • ANNUAL REPORT 2010 REPORT ANNUAL • EWI 4 Francis Finlay; Ross Perot, Jr. LETTER FROM THE CO-CHAIRS s we celebrate the neers like Karl Rauscher, the Chief Technol- 30th anniversary of the ogy Officer of our Worldwide Cybersecurity EastWest Institute this Initiative. Of particular note is the breadth of year, it is appropriate skills of our younger staff, many with multiple to reflect on the insti- degrees from both East and West. Along with tute’s original goals Russian and other European languages, staff- while we look to the fu- ers now speak Mandarin, Arabic and Urdu. ture. We do so against the background of a But the spirit and values of EWI remain the significantly changed same. John Mroz continues to exercise his and rapidly evolving geopolitical landscape, visionary leadership with exceptional en- to which the events of the early months of ergy, time and time again inspiring his team A2011 add further uncertainty. In 1980 global to respond to the newest, toughest security security issues were defined by the Cold War. challenges. They have produced results far The initial objective, simply put yet difficult exceeding normal expectations from the to accomplish, was to improve relations be- relatively small cohort of fifty individuals.
    [Show full text]
  • Governance and Representation in the Afghan Urban Transition
    Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit Case Study Series Women’s Rights, Gender Equality, and Transition: Securing gains, moving forward Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit September 2013 - Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit Research for a Better Afghanistan This page has been left blank to facilitate double-sided printing Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit Issues Paper Women’s Rights, Gender Equality, and Transition: Securing gains, moving forward Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit Funding for this research was provided by the Embassy September of the Netherlands and the 2013 Embassy of Finland in Kabul 2013 Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit Editing: Patricia Gossman for AREU Layout: Sradda Thapa Cover Photographs: Mothers enjoy an afternoon at Karte-Sakhi with their children; A recent graduate of Kabul University teaches a class at Marefat School in Kabul; Filling out voter registration forms ahead of the 2014 presidential elections; University students protest in Kabul (all photos by Hanifa Alizada for AREU). AREU Publication Code: 1308 AREU Publication Type: Issues Paper © 2013 Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit. Some rights reserved. This publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted only for non-commercial purposes and with written credit to AREU and the author. Where this publication is reproduced, stored or transmitted electronically, a link to AREU’s website (www.areu.org.af) should be provided. Any use of this publication falling outside of these permissions requires prior written permission of the publisher, the Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit. Permission can be sought by emailing [email protected] or by calling +93 (0) 799 608 548.
    [Show full text]
  • Unmaking Political Patriarchy Through Gender Quotas?
    Unmaking Political Patriarchy Through Gender Quotas? Policy Brief, Publication Series “Reviewing Gender Quotas in Afghanistan and Pakistan“ 2015 Andrea Fleschenberg Farzana Bari The Heinrich Böll Stiftung is a German foundation and part of the Green political movement that has developed worldwide as a response to the traditional politics of socialism, liberalism, and conservatism. Our main tenets are ecology and sustainability, democracy and human rights, self-determination and justice. We place particular emphasis on gender democracy, meaning social emancipation and equal rights for women and men. We are also committed to equal rights for cultural and ethnic minorities. Finally, we promote non-violence and proactive peace policies. To achieve our goals, we seek strategic partnerships with others who share our values. Our namesake, Heinrich Böll, personifies the values we stand for: protection of freedom, civic courage, tolerance, open debate, and the valuation of art and culture as independent spheres of thought and action. For further information on our country programs in Afghanistan and Pakistan please visit our websites: www.af.boell.org www.pk.boell.org Disclaimer: This comparative action research project and its publication series were prepared with the support of the Heinrich Böll Stiftung, Afghanistan and Pakistan offices. The views and analysis contained in the publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Heinrich Böll Stiftung. Unmaking Political Patriarchy Through Gender Quotas? Policy Brief, Publication Series “Reviewing Gender Quotas in Afghanistan and Pakistan“, 2015 Authors: Andrea Fleschenberg & Farzana Bari Editor: Jennifer Bennett Cover & Design: Suffi Bilal Islamabad and Kabul, 2015 About the Authors Andrea Fleschenberg, PhD, is DAAD Long Term Guest Professor at Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, and Visiting Faculty at the University of Peshawar, Pakistan.
    [Show full text]
  • Afghanistan's Transition in the Making
    VOLUME 31 Afghanistan’s Transition in the Making Perceptions and Policy Strategies of Women Parliamentarians A study by Andrea Fleschenberg PUBLICATION SERIES ON DEMOCRACY VOLUME 31 Afghanistan’s Transition in the Making Perceptions and Policy Strategies of Women Parliamentarians A study by Andrea Fleschenberg Edited by the Heinrich Böll Foundation Andrea Fleschenberg dos Ramos Pinéu, PhD, is DAAD Long Term Guest Professor at Quaid-i- Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan. In 2010/11 she was acting professor of political science at the University of Hildesheim, Germany, and in 2007 visiting professor at the University of the Punjab in Lahore, Pakistan, and in 2006 at the Universitat Jaume I in Castellon, Spain. Her research areas are comparative politics, democratization and peace and conflict studies with a particular focus on South and Southeast Asia, gender and politics, state- and institution-building, transitional justice issues, on which she has contributed numerous publications. Selected publications: Women in Asian Politics – A Springboard for Gender Democracy?, co-edited with Claudia Derichs, Zürich/Singapore 2011; Women in Asian Local Politics – A Springboard for Gender Democracy?, co-edited with Claudia Derichs, in: ASIEN, Autumn 2010; Afghanistan’s Parliament in the Making. Gendered Understandings and Practices of Politics in a Transitional Country, 2nd edition, Berlin 2011; Goddesses, Heroes, Sacrifices. Female Political Power in Asia, co-edited with Dagmar Hellmann-Rajanayagam, Zürich et al. 2008. Published under the following Creative Commons License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/. Attribution — You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work).
    [Show full text]