Afghanistan Progress and Development

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June 15 – 22 marks the 38th UN Food & Agriculture Organization conference. International organizations like the FAO, USAID and others have been working in Afghanistan in the past decade to improve rural development and the agriculture sectors with visible progress. In Herat, for example, opium poppy crops, the main source of funding for the Taliban, are replaced by the world’s most expensive spice; saffron. Herat is been cleaned of 99 percent of its poppy cultivation according to Herat’s agriculture department. In other parts of Afghanistan thousands of small farmers have benefited from the thriving dairy sector, an FAO project, allowing them to process and market their milk, examples among many existing projects. Since Afghanistan is traditionally known as an agricultural country, rural development and agricultural reform is important to establish economic development, long-term stability, and an alternative to opium poppy production, the main source of funding the insurgency in the past decade.

River of milk -- Afghan dairy farmers prosper - YouTube – A River of Milk

Afghanistan to move from opium to world's most expensive spice - YouTube - Moving from Poppy to Saffron


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Afghanistan to move from opium to world's most expensive spice - YouTube

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Did you know that one of the most effective and popular counternarcotics programs in Afghanistan is The Good Performers Initiative (GPI). The GPI program is implemented by the Ministry of Counternarcotics, which seeks to give incentives to those who engage in counter narcotic activities and support sustainable community-led development projects in provinces that have reduced or eliminated poppy cultivation. The program also offers provincial governors and local communities a stake in reducing poppy cultivation. Since the start of the program in 2007, the number of poppy-free provinces has increased from 6 in 2006 to 17 in 2012.

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New Initiative by IARCSC

An initiative taken by Afghanistan’s Independent Administrative Reform and Civil Service Commission (IARCSC) is to increase women’s leadership roles in the government. According to Nahila Nassery, Chairwoman of IARCSC, there are two projects underway this year; a campaign to employ women university graduates and the launch of women leadership networks throughout the country. There are already two women leadership networks active in Kabul and Balkh provinces and if successful the program will be extended to other provinces.The objective is to recognize women leaders in Afghan civil service sectors, enhance the status of women leaders in civil services, exchange of ideas and expertise among women leaders, and provide leadership opportunities for women.
Are such initiatives effective in helping women acquire leadership roles and finding an effective voice within government institutions?


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کمیسیون مستقل اصلاحات اداری و خدمات ملکی افغانستان اقدامات را روی دست گرفته اند تا نقش زنان را در رهبری دولت بیشتر نمایند. به گفته نایله ناصری رئیس این کمیسیون، در سال جاری دو پروژه زیر کار میباشد ، یکی عبارت از کمپاین است که فارغ التحصیلان زن را به کار استخدام مینماید و دیگری تآسیس شبکه های ارتباطی رهبریت زنان در سراسر کشور میباشد. همین حالا دو شبکه رهبریت زنان بصورت فعال در ولایات کابل و بلخ موجود میباشد، که در صورت موفقیت این پروگرام به ولایات دیگر توسعه خواهد یافت . هدف این پروژه ها این است که زنان پیشگام در بخش های خدمات ملکی افغان شناسائی شده ، موقف رهبریت زنان در خدمات ملکی بیشتر گردد، نظریات و تجارب میان زنان پیشگام ردو بدل گردیده و فرصت های بیشتر رهبری به زنان افغان فراهم گردد.

آیا اینوع اقدامات درنقش رهبری زنان افغان مؤثر خواهد بود؟ و آیا به زنان افغان کمک خواهد کرد تا جایگاه خویش را درنهاد های دولتی افغان به صورت مؤثر پیدا نمایند؟

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[MENTION=9717]Aria2013[/MENTION]
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i know i behave like a child but i'm very smart person!

[Badlun]

The real issue of women leadership is in Pashtun areas. Tajik and other women are still in better position but Pashtun women are suffering the most.

The other day there was a program on BBC on Afghan women and every body was speaking in Dari. There was no representation from Pashtun women. The same seems to be happening to your initiative.

Dari speaking are already good and will become better and Pashtun women from bad to worst.

[HalloIsBack]

The real issue of women leadership is in Pashtun areas. Tajik and other women are still in better position but Pashtun women are suffering the most.

The other day there was a program on BBC on Afghan women and every body was speaking in Dari. There was no representation from Pashtun women. The same seems to be happening to your initiative.

Dari speaking are already good and will become better and Pashtun women from bad to worst.

you are total right my friend!
there is to less pashtun women in leadership position so i should use this opportunity and work for this organisation
thanks for your support!

[Nazar]

The real issue of women leadership is in Pashtun areas. Tajik and other women are still in better position but Pashtun women are suffering the most.

The other day there was a program on BBC on Afghan women and every body was speaking in Dari. There was no representation from Pashtun women. The same seems to be happening to your initiative.

Dari speaking are already good and will become better and Pashtun women from bad to worst.

Most of these women who stand out in the media have very symbolic roles, mostly in feminist organizations, foreign NGOs and few women councils in the provinces. They can usually be seen in petty conferences and workshops and during foreigners funded programs having tall talks about women rights. They do not actually mean any change even for the non Pashtun women in northern part of Afghanistan where domestic violence is even more predominant than in the south. The reason these elite women get so much coverage in the western media is because they are the only women who are not veiled.
Believe me, the situation of Afghan women is much worse in the north and in the west, particularly in Herat, where most of the domestic violence stories come from. Self-immolation is very common in Herat which has about 85% of non Pashtun population.

[Badlun]

Most of these women who stand out in the media have very symbolic roles, mostly in feminist organizations, foreign NGOs and few women councils in the provinces. They can usually be seen in petty conferences and workshops and during foreigners funded programs having tall talks about women rights. They do not actually mean any change even for the non Pashtun women in northern part of Afghanistan where domestic violence is even more predominant than in the south. The reason these elite women get so much coverage in the western media is because they are the only women who are not veiled.
Believe me, the situation of Afghan women is much worse in the north and in the west, particularly in Herat, where most of the domestic violence stories come from. Self-immolation is very common in Herat which has about 85% of non Pashtun population.

At least these women come on media, give a message, others listen to them and some change for the better is expected. On the other hand Pashtun women even do not have this symbolic opportunity. No body talk of their problems. No body represent them. Most of them are even unaware of their rights and live worse than animals.

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Sixty Afghan Women Graduate From the WIG Program

This week sixty Afghan women celebrated their graduation from the USAID Women in Government Internship (WIG) program in Kabul. These women completed six-month internships at the Ministry of Finance’s Customs Directorate, the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development, the Ministry of Energy and Water, the National Environment Protection Agency, the Control and Audit Office, the Civil Service Commission and Afghan Telecom.

The women are the latest group to graduate since the program launched in February 2010The WIG Program supports the Afghan Government’s National Development Strategy goal to increase women’s leadership in the civic sector. Of the over 330,000 Afghan Government employees, currently 20 percent are female.

Since 2010, the WIG Program has placed over 440 women in internships with Afghan government institutions and other private and public entities in Kabul, Balkh, Herat, and Nangarhar, and developed successful partnerships with a number of Afghan government ministries. To date, the program has achieved an average of 70% full-time job placement rate for the program graduates.

Jerry Bisson, USAID Deputy Mission Director said, “Internships are one of the examples of Afghan-led and Afghan-managed processes that provides meaningful opportunities for young educated women to gain work experience and for the government to find dedicated workers who have the necessary skills to build Afghanistan.”

How would you assess the role and impact of women leaders in government and civic sector?

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[HalloIsBack]

This week sixty Afghan women celebrated their graduation from the USAID Women in Government Internship (WIG) program in Kabul. These women completed six-month internships at the Ministry of Finance’s Customs Directorate, the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development, the Ministry of Energy and Water, the National Environment Protection Agency, the Control and Audit Office, the Civil Service Commission and Afghan Telecom.

The women are the latest group to graduate since the program launched in February 2010The WIG Program supports the Afghan Government’s National Development Strategy goal to increase women’s leadership in the civic sector. Of the over 330,000 Afghan Government employees, currently 20 percent are female.

Since 2010, the WIG Program has placed over 440 women in internships with Afghan government institutions and other private and public entities in Kabul, Balkh, Herat, and Nangarhar, and developed successful partnerships with a number of Afghan government ministries. To date, the program has achieved an average of 70% full-time job placement rate for the program graduates.

Jerry Bisson, USAID Deputy Mission Director said, “Internships are one of the examples of Afghan-led and Afghan-managed processes that provides meaningful opportunities for young educated women to gain work experience and for the government to find dedicated workers who have the necessary skills to build Afghanistan.”

How would you assess the role and impact of women leaders in government and civic sector?

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i'm one of these women
thank you centcom very much

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most welcome!

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Bamyan Female Governor Receives Prestigeous Award

Women in Afghanistan have made noticeable progress since the dark days of living under the oppressive regime of the Taliban. From elected representatives, lawyers, judges, to media personalities, Afghan women are taking the initiative and making a difference in all aspects of their social and political lives. The world takes note of that and once again, an Afghan woman is recognized for her accomplishments. Afghanistan’s first female governor, Habiba Sarabi, was selected as one of the recipients of the prestigious Ramon Masaysay Awards, chosen for helping build a functioning local government and pushing for education and women’s rights in Afghanistan’s Bamyan province despite working in a violent and impoverished environment. Because of her work, public education and the ratio of female students have increased in her province, where more women now are taking up careers that were forbidden under the 1996-2001 Taliban regime.

We congratulate her on this accomplishment moving her country forward to the future.

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