Ensuring Afghan Women Leaders are Heard in Bonn
Read Travis Wheeler's Huffington Post blog entry on Bonn.
Read the official communique from the Bonn Conference.
Inclusive Security will join the Afghan Women's Network (AWN) in Germany from December 2-6 for an international conference on Afghanistan, which will take place on December 5.
Despite not receiving invitations to the conference itself, AWN will meet with policymakers, officials, and media outlets in Bonn and Berlin to promote and publicize Afghan women’s solutions for a better Afghanistan. On the morning of December 5, as the diplomatic proceedings begin, AWN will release a women’s declaration at a press conference in Germany, outlining what they would have said had they been given the opportunity to address conference participants directly.
In advance of Bonn, AWN held regional consultations with more than 500 women leaders from 20 provinces and published a position paper that provides specific recommendations on every topic on the conference's agenda, including reconciliation, reintegration, transition, and international engagement beyond the 2014 transition horizon.
Please see AWN's position paper and other Bonn-related materials below.