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                GREAT NEWS for women's equality in Afghanistan:
We've launched a USD 30 million project to empower women in the country!
Minister of Women's Affairs Hussn Banu Ghazanfar and Ms. Rebeca Grynspan, UN Under-Secretary General and Associate Administrator of UNDP.

            


                Renewing commitments for Afghanistan’s sustainable development | Rebeca Grynspan
The international community and the Government of Afghanistan have just agreed on how to engage further in Afghanistan. This was a crucial outcome at a conference I recently took part in, gathering representatives from over 70 countries, civil society and international organizations in Tokyo on 8 July.

            


                International Mother Earth Day on 22 April 2012
UNDP Afghanistan partnered with the Institut Francais Afghanistan, IFA (French Institute of Afghanistan) on International Mother Earth Day on 22 April 2012 to screen the One Day on Earth feature film

            


                Community voices in Action:
Children at Aliceghan help fill containers with water for their parents. Obtaining a permanent water supply has long been a problem arising from a land dispute between the Government and a neighbouring community.

            


                UNDP trains teachers and students on women’s rights in Islam
Schoolgirls in Faizabad, Badakhshan present a role play depicting girls’ right to education

            


                Community voices in Action:
Pacha Gull, leader of the Community Development Council for the Aliceghan resettlement project, outlines the concerns of residents to Government leaders and officials, international partners and traditional elders.

            


                Promoting South-South Cooperation to Bring Energy to Afghanistan’s Rural Areas
A microhydropower plant provides electricity to this business owner in Panjshir province. The majority of people in Afghanistan have no access to electricity at all. Photo by MRRD/Heidi Carruba.

            


                Empowering Women Through Employment
Says Zargul, 40, “I am a housewife and my husband is a worker but we are a poor family. Thanks to UNDP support and my work in the greenhouse, I earn around 4,000 Afs per month ().”

            


                Forums Provide Opportunities for the Public to Hold Government Officials Accountable in Herat
Forum participant poses a question to the Herat Directorate of Education.

            


                Thousands In Rural Afghanistan Hook Up To Power

            


                UNDP is integrating ICT learning into youth development initiatives
Samira, in her early 20s (pictured, second from left, who works in the Ministry of Interior, had never had a chance to take a similar course before. She’s developed her IT and English skills so much that now, she says, “I train a group of employees in the Ministry.”

            


                Street Art captures Child's Eye View of Police In Afghanistan
A section of the audience at Police Perception Survey Launch event in Kabul


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Afghan police force recruits women to fight crime and stigma

By Titus Moetsabi

Kabul, Afghanistan — It was four years ago that Captain Zohra Daulatzia joined the Afghan National Police. But the mother of two girls still gets excited about that momentous day in her life when she achieved one of her life’s greatest ambitions.

“I was excited to wear the uniform and felt like I was in the sky and not on earth. I was full of joy,” she says.

LIEUTENANT COLONEL LATIF BAYAT AND CAPTAIN ZOHRA DAULATZIA DISCUSS THEIR EXPERIENCES AS POLICE OFFICERS. (PHOTO: UNDP AFGHANISTAN)

In Afghanistan, mullahs use Islam to protect women and their rights

The Government of Afghanistan is tapping mullahs and religious elders to make people aware of the rights women are entitled to in accordance with Islamic laws through a programme supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

ABDUL WASA ANTAZAR, DEPUTY OF RODAD DISTRICT IN NANGARHAR PROVINCE OF AFGHANISTAN, SPEAKS DURING A TRAINING ABOUT WOMEN'S RIGHT IN APRIL 2012. (PHOTO: FARZANA WAHIDY/UNDP AFGHANISTAN)

Bringing the police closer to the people

By Kumar M. Tiku

Farza, Kabul Province—Colonel Noor Aqa Ibrahimkhail, the district Chief of Police for Farza, located 45 kilometres north of Kabul, is a veteran officer who has experienced many brushes with violence and unrest throughout his career. But compared to his previous postings, he says, Farza is a haven of peace and tranquility

COLONEL NOOR AGHA IBRAHIMKHAIL, FARZA DISTRICT POLICE CHIEF, MEETS WITH LOCAL VILLAGE HEADS AND RELIGIOUS LEADERS IN FARZA, KABUL PROVINCE. (PHOTO: SAYEED FARHAD ZALMAI/UNDP AFGHANISTAN)

New environmental councils spur development in provincial communities

Standing at the edge of Joe-e-Projey canal in the northern town of Char-i-Kar, Mohammad Tahir, a car mechanic, rues the fate of children who drink water from the local canal.

“This canal has snuffed out many, many young lives. It is a bed of dirt and disease,” he says sadly, with moist eyes.

Photo: NINE-YEAR-OLD SHABANA AND HER BROTHER DRAW WATER FOR THEIR FAMILY FROM CHAR-I-KAR’S ONLY WATER SOURCE, THE JOE-E-PROJEY CANAL. (PHOTO: SAYEED FARHAD ZALMAI/UNDP AFGHANISTAN)

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