There is an urgent need to pursue coherent policies to support women and girls in Afghanistan through diplomacy and practical measures. However, to do this, it is important to understand how to navigate the patriarchal practices that inhibit the protection of women’s rights in Afghanistan.
Author: Jacqui True
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Crucially, the UK’s position as one of the five permanent members on the UN Security Council helped create a new understanding of threats to international peace and security.
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The culture of silence around the treatment of Rohingya and other ethnic groups in Myanmar poses some important questions.
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What cannot be doubted is that more than half the population in Myanmar has had little formal opportunity to engage in the peace or parliamentary process.