Monday, February 24, 2014
Kabul (BNA) Germany and France during a meeting here in Kabul elected the 2014 Afghan woman and said they support the Afghan women, BNA reported.
A meeting was held at the French cultural center in Isteqlal High School in Kabul, where chairwoman for the Independent Human Rights Commission (IHRC), Sima Samar, head of Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS), Suraya Parlika, ambassadors of France and Germany and some media persons had attended.
At the meeting, minister of women affairs, Husson Banu Ghzanfar said Germany and France were planned to grant the year prize to an Afghan woman elected for 2014-a decision to encourage her for her achievement had helped the Afghan women’s condition get advanced.
Fatema Gilani, Afghanistan women union chair-woman, said the annual award is given to those women with high achievements in cultural, art, economy, craft, agriculture and other fields, in order to draw attention of the government to forgotten women in different parts of the country. German ambassador called return of the women in social spheres, after 2001, the main positive change in Afghanistan.
French ambassador also spoke on the women role in the society and said; France and Germany representing the European Union are committed for continuation of cooperation with Afghanistan and had taken new strategy in this field. Head of the elected arbitrary penal, Sima Samar said the prize was expected to be announced in March 8, had given to an art activist. She said the prize was an art work and would be awarded to the women working in art, as well as the said countries would provide financial support for one of the winning projects.
