Yesterday, I had the pleasure of discussing Women, Peace and Security and PSVI with HRH The Duchess of Edinburgh The Royal Family and Melanne Verveer at the launch of the Georgetown Institute Index. The inclusion of women in decision-making is vital to achieving longer lasting peace.

'All governments that claim to care about Afghan women must heed their appeal to recognize that what they are facing is nothing less than apartheid.' -- BSG alum Lina and colleagues on the systematic discrimination of women and girls in Afghanistan ⬇️

Our Executive Director Melanne Verveer, Professor Karima Bennoune, and Policy Officer Lina call on UN member states to support the codification of gender apartheid, pointing to the Taliban's 'comprehensive and calculated' campaign against women.
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🗣️ #WPSWednesday : In #Afghanistan “The [Taliban] regime’s policy — unprecedented in its severity — is nothing less than “gender apartheid,” and that’s what we should call it.” Writes Melanne Verveer, Karima Bennoune & Lina for The Washington Post. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…

Today, 9 states raised the possibility of codifying gender apartheid. In addition to those below-Philippines, Chile, Iceland & Australia. 4 had not previously raised the issue - Philippines, Chile, Iceland & Austria

The momentum continues to build to #EndGenderAparthied .

WPS Conflict Tracker has more than 50 indicators, concerning to Afg women I provided 9 suggestions including documentation and accountability, safe spaces and support services, addressing systemic discrimination, …& international pressure& advocacy.

Writing together in the The Washington Post today, Melanne Verveer Lina & I call on states taking part in #UNGA 6th Committee discussions on the draft Crimes against Humanity Convention to heed appeals by #Afghan women #humanrights defenders & work to codify #GenderApartheid

The Taliban’s oppression of women is apartheid, Melanne Verveer, Karima Bennoune and Lina write.

Let’s call it that. wapo.st/49oos4O

Honored to join the official launch of the GU Women & Peace WPS Conflict Tracker at Carnegie Corporation of New York.
the tracker provides a snapshot of key risks and opportunities for women in 25 conflict-affected countries, incloude of Afghanistan.
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“Apartheid involves the segregation of and discrimination against a group on the grounds of identity; Hazara women form a unique social category w/in Taliban’s gender apartheid. Hazara women are targeted on grounds of both gender & ethnicity/religion.” justsecurity.org/93123/hazara-w…

'Gender apartheid is not just a legal abstraction, it's the lived reality of millions of women and girls...There is a legal obligation to prevent it, not just a moral one.'

Thank you Dorothy Estrada Tanck for all your work on the UN WG on discrimination against women and girls
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Nayera Kohistani's powerful story of resilience is a call for the world to recognize and address gender apartheid. Let's amplify her message this International Women's Day. #IWD2024

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I fully agree with HC Volker Türk at @HRC55 today that : “advancing the rights of women and girls must be the highest priority for all who work on and in #Afghanistan ” and join him in deploring the “continuing and systematic violations of human rights' ohchr.org/en/statements-…

Thanks to those who showed the #HumanRights leadership to make this inquiry on #GenderApartheid happen.

May other parliaments emulate this effort.

The courage of the frontline women activists in #Afghanistan & #Iran demands just such intl responses

March is 1 year since a community of Afghan, Iranian, and international activists and jurists launched the End Gender Apartheid campaign

This International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, join discussions on the road ahead for gender apartheid recognition and codification

'It is important to hold the Taliban to account for their policies and actions.'

UN Special Rapporteur Richard Bennett Richard Bennett urged the United Nations Human Rights Council to keep #Afghanistan and its people at the forefront of its agenda

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📢 Call for Inputs #Afghanistan ! The UN Special Rapporteur invites your insights for his upcoming report on institutionalized discrimination and segregation, disrespect for human dignity and exclusion of women and girls.

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Deadline: 17 March.

Be heard!

Congratulations to Nadia Murad for her well-deserved recognition as one of TIME's 2024 Women of the Year. We are proud to support Nadia's work to bring justice to the Yazidi community and survivors of conflict-related sexual violence worldwide. time.com/collection/wom…

“Let me be clear, structured engagement & incentives will not magically result in the Taliban choosing to uphold human rts, including of women…The Taliban’s abuses must be understood for what they are–crimes—& they must be held to account.” kabulnow.com/2024/02/34575/