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    UNIFEM Afganistan Fact Sheet 2007

    United Nations Development Fund for Women, 2007
    What is women's situation in Afghanistan in 2007? This factsheet presents key statistics in a number of key areas, including political participation, labour force participation, health, education, marriage and sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV). Afghanistan has the second highest maternal mortality rate in the world, and a low female life expectancy of just 44 years.
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    The role of NGOs in conflict and peace-building

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Non-government organisations (NGOs) have become increasingly involved in the international response to armed conflict, some aiming to mitigate the effects of war and others to help end the violence. But what impacts do they have, and how could they be improved?
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    Economic and social rights in Afghanistan II: August 2007

    United Nations [UN] High Commission for Refugees, 2007
    The Government of Afghanistan is failing to fulfil the core economic and social rights of the Afghan people, according to this new report by the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC). The report is the second of its kind by AIHRC and the UNHCR and is based on the 2006 human rights field monitoring activity conducted between January and December 2006.
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    Supporting the development of children’s groups and networks in Afghanistan: reflections on practice and possibilities

    Children, Youth and Environments, 2007
    Following more than two decades of war, the range of child rights violations in Afghanistan were significant. Child-focused agencies working in Afghanistan during the 1990s had mainly focused on reducing the threats to children’s survival and development (i.e., working in the health, education, nutrition, water and sanitation sectors).
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    Afghanistan opium survey 2007

    United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 2007
    This paper summarises the results of the Afghanistan Opium Survey for 2007. The survey reveals a dramatic increase in poppy cultivation in 2007. Primary findings of the report include:
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    Cops or robbers? The struggle to reform the Afghan national police

    Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit, 2007
    This paper provides an overview of the police sector in Afghanistan and assesses efforts to reform the Afghanistan National Police (ANP) since 2002. It identifies five key issues that must be addressed if the objective of creating an effective ANP is to be achieved.
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    Afghanistan’s neglected urban poor households

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    As Afghanistan’s urban population grows, poor households are denied basic services and forced to live in health-threatening environments. Government agencies must stop ignoring informal settlements, develop a pro-poor land policy and find ways to provide sustainable urban employment.
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    More and better teachers needed: achieving quality education for all

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Eighteen million primary school teachers are needed over the next decade to meet Universal Primary Education (UPE) goals, says a recent report from the UNESCO Institute of Statistics. This is to fill the new posts needed and the vacancies created by attrition (teachers leaving existing posts).
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    How donors fail at educating children in conflict-torn states

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Even in times of conflict, education is a basic human right. Yet out of the world’s 77 million children out of school, half live in conflict-affected fragile states – a disproportionate number. Why are these children losing out on attending school and what is needed to rectify this situation?
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    A matter of interests: gender and the politics of presence in Afghanistan's Wolesi Jirga

    Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit, 2007
    Why have women not generally used their newfound political influence to promote their gendered interests in Afghanistan? This paper contends that, in spite of women’s sizable presence in Afghanistan’s Wolesi Jirga (lower house, WJ), the representation of women’s gender interests remains minimal.

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