MOWA was the lead agency for promoting women's rights and advancement in Afghanistan. MOWA had a major shift in its strategy from welfare oriented, direct implementing approach to a policy influencing body by 2002.
The last minister of Women's, appointed in 2015, was Delbar Nazari.[1]
Husn Banu Ghazanfar, Minister of Women's Affairs from July 2006 to April 2015, the longest serving in the office. The department has since been disbanded.
Provide direction, build inter-ministerial collaboration and develop the capacity of government agencies to ensure that policy formulation, planning, implementation, reporting and monitoring equitably respond to the differential needs and situations of women and men. This is being done by:
Facilitating the setting up of gender focal points and providing them with gender advocacy skills, gender mainstreaming tools and related trainings;
Establish partnership with training institutions and training units of government ministries to incorporate curricula on gender in their training programs; and,
Facilitate the collection, compilation, analysis and dissemination of data and information that would track changes on the lives of women and men and inform policy planning and programme development.
Pilot and develop focused projects for addressing the needs of target groups of special concern by working in collaborative partnerships with donors, developing government mechanisms for the identification and codification of measures to eliminate discriminatory and abusive practices, and develop its own mechanism for the promotion of media/communication activities and public awareness of all aspects of gender equality and women's rights.
Foster partnership and collaboration with women NGOs, human rights bodies, and civil society organizations for advocacy and mutual support in making government and donors respond effectively to women's concerns.
Monitor government's action and prepare periodic report on the compliance to international treaties and commitments and the implementation of national policies on women
Missionedit
To ensure that Afghanistan women's legal, economic, social, political, and civic rights including their right to be free from all forms of violence and discrimination are respected, promoted and fulfilled.
Structure and prioritiesedit
As the prime agency for women's advancement, MOWA is headed by a Minister who reports directly to the President and is a member of the Cabinet. The Minister is supported by a deputy minister for technical concerns and another for administrative and financial matters.
In the fiscal year March 2004 – 2005, MOWA has a total of 1,268 staff in Kabul and 28 other provinces. Provincial Department of Women's Affairs have not yet been set up in the provinces of Uruzan, Paktika, Daykundi and Panjshir.
Legal protectionedit
With the adoption of the new Constitution defining the country's legal system and criteria, this department develops and expands its work within the Constitutional framework in order to further gender equality in the country. It liaises with the Ministry of Justice and the Commission of Judicial Reform to ensure that women's human rights be explicitly recognized and protected in the judicial system and the standards set under international human rights instruments and being fulfilled.
Due to controversy around the post of Minister of Women's Affairs, President Karzai initially did not name a minister, but named just Hoqooqmal as State Adviser to the Ministry of Women's Affairs.
Sobhrang was named as successor for Jalal, but the Afghan Afghan Lower House did not approve her candidacy and President Karzai was forced to name someone else.
From January 2010 until March 2012 Husn Banu Ghazanfar served as acting minister of Women's affairs. In January she didn't receive the vote of confidence from the Afghan Lower House necessary for a second term as minister. However, Pelwasha Hassan who was named as a replacement by President Karzai, didn't receive the enough votes of confidence as well and Karzai appointed Ghazanfar as acting minister. In a vote in March 2012 the Parliament finally formally approved her leadership over the ministry of Women's Affairs.
^ abAdeel, Mirwais (2015-04-06). "Afzal Ludin nominated as Afghan Defense Minister". Khaama Press. from the original on 2021-06-16. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
External linksedit
Official website
Official website (in Persian)
Official website (in Pashto)
Women for Afghan Women
January 01, 1970
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Dari د ښځو چارو وزارت Pashto Seal of the Ministry of Women s AffairsMinistry overviewFormed2001 2001 Dissolved2021 2021 Superseding agencyMinistry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of ViceJurisdictionGovernment of Afghanistan MOWA was the lead agency for promoting women s rights and advancement in Afghanistan MOWA had a major shift in its strategy from welfare oriented direct implementing approach to a policy influencing body by 2002 The last minister of Women s appointed in 2015 was Delbar Nazari 1 With the announcement by the newly established Taliban government of the Cabinet of Afghanistan on 7 September 2021 the Ministry of Women s Affairs no longer exists and was replaced by the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice Contents 1 Functions 2 Mission 3 Structure and priorities 4 Legal protection 5 Women s Affairs Ministers of Afghanistan 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksFunctions edit nbsp Husn Banu Ghazanfar Minister of Women s Affairs from July 2006 to April 2015 the longest serving in the office The department has since been disbanded Provide direction build inter ministerial collaboration and develop the capacity of government agencies to ensure that policy formulation planning implementation reporting and monitoring equitably respond to the differential needs and situations of women and men This is being done by Facilitating the setting up of gender focal points and providing them with gender advocacy skills gender mainstreaming tools and related trainings Establish partnership with training institutions and training units of government ministries to incorporate curricula on gender in their training programs and Facilitate the collection compilation analysis and dissemination of data and information that would track changes on the lives of women and men and inform policy planning and programme development Pilot and develop focused projects for addressing the needs of target groups of special concern by working in collaborative partnerships with donors developing government mechanisms for the identification and codification of measures to eliminate discriminatory and abusive practices and develop its own mechanism for the promotion of media communication activities and public awareness of all aspects of gender equality and women s rights Foster partnership and collaboration with women NGOs human rights bodies and civil society organizations for advocacy and mutual support in making government and donors respond effectively to women s concerns Monitor government s action and prepare periodic report on the compliance to international treaties and commitments and the implementation of national policies on womenMission editTo ensure that Afghanistan women s legal economic social political and civic rights including their right to be free from all forms of violence and discrimination are respected promoted and fulfilled Structure and priorities editAs the prime agency for women s advancement MOWA is headed by a Minister who reports directly to the President and is a member of the Cabinet The Minister is supported by a deputy minister for technical concerns and another for administrative and financial matters In the fiscal year March 2004 2005 MOWA has a total of 1 268 staff in Kabul and 28 other provinces Provincial Department of Women s Affairs have not yet been set up in the provinces of Uruzan Paktika Daykundi and Panjshir Legal protection editWith the adoption of the new Constitution defining the country s legal system and criteria this department develops and expands its work within the Constitutional framework in order to further gender equality in the country It liaises with the Ministry of Justice and the Commission of Judicial Reform to ensure that women s human rights be explicitly recognized and protected in the judicial system and the standards set under international human rights instruments and being fulfilled Women s Affairs Ministers of Afghanistan editDate Name Notes December 2001 June 2002 Sima Samar Sima became the first minister of the newly created Women s Affairs Ministry of Afghanistan June 2002 December 2004 Mahboba Hoqooqmal Due to controversy around the post of Minister of Women s Affairs President Karzai initially did not name a minister but named just Hoqooqmal as State Adviser to the Ministry of Women s Affairs July 2002 December 2004 Habiba Sarabi December 2004 March 2006 Massouda Jalal March 2006 August 2006 Soraya Rahim Sobhrang Sobhrang was named as successor for Jalal but the Afghan Afghan Lower House did not approve her candidacy and President Karzai was forced to name someone else August 2006 April 2015 Husn Banu Ghazanfar From January 2010 until March 2012 Husn Banu Ghazanfar served as acting minister of Women s affairs In January she didn t receive the vote of confidence from the Afghan Lower House necessary for a second term as minister However Pelwasha Hassan who was named as a replacement by President Karzai didn t receive the enough votes of confidence as well and Karzai appointed Ghazanfar as acting minister In a vote in March 2012 the Parliament finally formally approved her leadership over the ministry of Women s Affairs April 2015 1 August 2021 Delbar Nazari Delbar Nazari was the last minister of the Women s Affairs Ministry before the 2021 Taliban offensiveSee also editQadria YazdanparastReferences edit a b Adeel Mirwais 2015 04 06 Afzal Ludin nominated as Afghan Defense Minister Khaama Press Archived from the original on 2021 06 16 Retrieved 2021 06 17 External links editOfficial website Official website in Persian Official website in Pashto Afghan Women Leaders Connect Women for Afghan Women Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ministry of Women 27s Affairs Afghanistan amp oldid 1149292707, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
