AWN 

     About AWN	

This listserv is intended to serve as a virtual �meeting� place for all people interested in
promoting the rights of Afghan women and in the work of AP�s partner AWN. We invite you to join in
our discussion, exchange ideas and have a dialogue going.

Established in 1995, the Afghan Women�s Network (AWN) is a non-partisan network of women and
women�s NGOs working to empower Afghan women and ensure their equal participation in Afghan
society. The education of children, especially young girls, is also a key goal. AWN seeks to
enhance the effectiveness of its members by fostering partnership and collaboration between
members, undertaking advocacy and lobbying, and building their individual capacities. The AWN
originally served Afghan women and children in the refugee population of Pakistan. It continues to
serve its members in the Pakistan camps who are reluctant to return home. But the AWN�s sights are
also set on Afghanistan, where women�s rights are by no means assured, in spite of the fall of the
Taliban. Its members are involved in a variety of projects: some run local Afghan NGOs that work
for women or assist war-affected women and children. Others work for international humanitarian
agencies, including the United Nations. Some of its leading members have played a prominent role in
advancing women�s issues since the end of the war.

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