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Legal practitioners assess forced and underage marriages in Afghanistan

KABUL - Over 80 representatives from Judiciary, Attorney General’s Office, Ministry of Interior, Prosecutors, human rights and civil society organizations started off discussions in Kabul on forced and underage marriages in Afghanistan.

18 Dec 2011

Report of the Secretary-General to the Security Council

NEW YORK - The report provides an update on the activities of the United Nations in Afghanistan, including significant humanitarian, development and human rights efforts, since my previous report issued on 21 September 2011 (A/66/369-S/2011/590).

13 Dec 2011

Greater political will needed to fight corruption in Afghanistan, senior UN officials urge

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) today called on Afghan leaders to make greater use of the legal system to fight corruption during a national event marking Anti-Corruption Day.

11 Dec 2011

All female troupe performs for hundreds during the 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence

KANDAHAR - Family and social pressures to not allow girls to study, forced marriage and violence against women are the themes of a play written and performed by five high-school girls in the southern Afghan province of Nimroz with support from the United Nations Assistance Missio

11 Dec 2011

Secretary-General's message for Human Rights Day

NEW YORK - Human rights belong to every one of us without exception. But unless we know them, unless we demand they be respected, and unless we defend our right -- and the right of others -- to exercise them, they will be just words in a decades-old document.

10 Dec 2011

Day 16 of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence

KABUL - The 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence is an international campaign that runs from 25 November, International Day of Elimination of Violence against Women, through 10 December, International Human Rights Day.

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