We, the delegates of the Afghan Women's Movement from First Women's Council to Kabul Conference, welcome the Afghan Government's efforts for an Afghan-led action plan for improved governance, economic and social development, and security. We acknowledge the progress in the area of women's rights in the last eight years, and appreciate the support of the international community and Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in this regard.

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This letter to the Sudanese National Assembly was about the representation of women on the Referendum Commission.

The Urgent Call for Peace was issued in January 2010. This was the statement they presented in Doha.

This weekend, as I am sure many of you know, is the time when Americans celebrate our independence. And I am so pleased that I could end my trip here in Georgia, a country that has had an extraordinary history going back hundreds of years and, more

Some wars make headlines; some do not. In the messy aftermath of the Rwandan civil war, refugees fled to the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire). As many as 100,000 of the Interahamwe, a militia partially responsible for the Rwandan genocide, crossed the border to avoid prosecution for acts against humanity.

In any country, the devastating legacy of conflict — death, disease, population displacement and capital flight — could erase hard-won development gains and States emerging from such situations must manage myriad and often competing priorities in order to meet all eight of the Millennium Development Goals, high-level United Nations officials stressed today.

Asila Wardak Jamal is a women's rights and civil society activist from Afghanistan and one of the founders of the Afghan Women's Network. She has been working in the Asian Development Bank as a gender and social development specialist for two years. She has previously worked as a safety and social development specialist for the World Bank, the UNDP, UNAMA, CARE and the Canada Fund.

THE TIME FOR WOMEN IS NOW

You are invited to participate in the creation of an extraordinary global multi-media event to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of International Women's Day, on March 8, 2011, and the transformative power of women in global society.

Women's Day Live! (formerly Women AID Live!) is happening! It's all here. Now. A once in a lifetime historic opportunity.

Meeting Soraida will overturn any preconceived notions you may have about Palestine. In her neighborhood in Ramallah, the women do not all wear veils, the men do not rattle off empty political slogans, the young people do not strap bombs to their belts, and the children play together like children everywhere.