End Gender Apartheid: International Law & Women’s Rights in Afghanistan

On the first day of Women’s History Month, this virtual event presented a critical opportunity for legal and human rights experts to address growing restrictions on Afghan women and girls, assess support for the codification of gender apartheid, and discuss the implications of UN Member States’ recognition of gender apartheid ahead of the UN General Assembly Sixth Committee’s resumed session in April.
featuring
Shaharzad Akbar, Executive Director, Rawadari
Richard Bennett, Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Afghanistan
Professor Hannah R. Garry, Executive Director, Promise Institute for Human Rights, UCLA
Metra Mehran, Gender and Policy Advisor, Strategic Litigation Project, Atlantic Council
Alyssa Yamamoto, Senior Legal and Policy Advisor, Strategic Litigation Project, Atlantic Council
Moderated by Ambassador Melanne Verveer, Executive Director, Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security
Co-hosted by the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security, the Atlantic Council’s Strategic Litigation Project, and the End Gender Apartheid campaign.

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Thank you for sharing this discussion. Very informative.

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my question: Why do you use the term "gender" when the discrimination in Afghanistan is based in SEX? Confusing the two terms does no one any good. Talk about SEX Discrimination and SEX apartheid. thank-you.