Zarqa Yaftali
@ZarqaYaftali
Mother of 3 Children, Director@WCLRF, Founder of WCRAN, Member of CS_JWG, Member of HCRN,
@MalalaFund Education Champion,
Member of WASL, Board Member@WLUML.
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http://www.wclrf.org 12-04-2017 09:59:27
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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 .
👏 A huge thank you to Austria for explicitly naming gender apartheid as a consideration for future amendments. This significant step highlights a commitment to gender equality and signals much needed solidarity to Afghan women and girls Austria UN
A strong start to day 2 with Malta, Austria, Brazil, Mexico & the US expressing their openness to considering gender apartheid under the draft crimes against humanity treaty, including as a part of a gender-competent & survivor-centric approach.
#EndGenderApartheid
'Thanks, FIDH, for listening to Afghananistan women #HumanRights defenders who call for recognition that what they fight is #GenderApartheid : discrimination as the form of government
May @Amnesty & Human Rights Watch join you in this act of human rights leadership soon
Tirana Hassan…
🕊️ Zarqa Yaftali spoke on various panels discussing #HumanitarianAction & the role of women-led orgs in #Afghanistan , #GenderApartheid , & Taliban perpetration of crimes against humanity alongside ICAN’s France Bognon, & attended the launch of the GU Women & Peace Conflict Tracker.
Honored to have been a part of this historic #CSW68 and to stand shoulder to shoulder with my heroes, brave Afghan women Zarqa Yaftali Yalda Royan Farahnaz Forotan Fawzia Koofi Najla Ayoubi Florence Pouya & others.
It has been my greatest privilege standing with Afghan women.
I do…
#QuoteOfTheDay : Speaking at #CSW68 last week, #WASL partner Zarqa Yaftali highlighted the systematic exclusion & erasure of Afghan women & girls from daily life, calling on the international community to unite efforts to #EndGenderApartheid in #Afghanistan .
زرقا یفتلی، (Zarqa Yaftali) فعال حقوق زن پس از حضور در شصتوهشتمین نشست کمیسیون امور زنان #سازمان_ملل متحد و برخی از نشستهای بینالمللی دیگر گفته است که اکثر سازمانهای بینالمللی تاکید دارند که وضعیت موجود #زنان در افغانستان، باید تغییر کند.
وی، گفته است که در سفر دوازده روزه…