Saturday, March 08, 2014
Kabul (BNA) The women contribution in the peace negotiations and national reconciliation process considered to be constructive and no process is will move towards success without women participation and no one can deny from this reality or ignore it.
A number of women legislators and members of the High Peace Council (HPC) have demanded larger women participation in the peace talks with the armed insurgents and elections.
The women have also expressed optimism that the achievements of the last twelve years are protected at any cast because, the nation has paid major price in getting them.
“There is no doubt, no process in succeeded without the effective participation and crucial role of the women, because the women constitute half of the human community, women are mothers and they have the feeling of kindness and honesty, women are able to lead and manage the things which they do at homes,” member of High Peace Council Sediqa Balkhi said.
“Fortunately, today women have proved their constructive role in all spheres and they have conducted duties and accomplished tasks with peace and in a civilized manner.”
The HPC member emphasized that the peace negotiation process is quite vital for the country and women rights and dignity must be honor in the process. “The peace negotiation process should be an Afghan led process, the peace talks needs more time and this should be inter-Afghani dialogue,” she said, adding that the women working in HPC have accomplished positive jobs including a mass campaign recording of voice of the people for peace.
“The peace negotiation process is a national process and the election process should also be a national process, women can play constructive role on this sphere by using their ballots,” Balkhi added.
“No process is succeeded in Afghanistan without the contribution and participation of women particularly the peace process and elections, women have remained the main victims during the Taliban regime, they should be taken into confidence in the peace talks and protection of previous decade’s achievements,” lawmaker and parliament’s women affairs committee chairman Fawzia Kofi said.
“Women must have access to learning, health services, employment and other social opportunities.”
“The Afghan people have gained much experience from the previous elections and holding the upcoming elections has major significance and larger women participation is a must in this sphere,” in the meantime, women rights activists have said women keep more trusts on peace process rather than the men and they have the capability to play effective role in the development of the country.
“The Afghan women have always chanted peace slogan, but the peace process must guarantee the rights of Afghan women, if there is no role of women in the peace process, women rights activists have always raised voice for peace process,” women rights activist Humaira Qadiri said.
Meanwhile, the Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) has said that the current change on the women life have been possible only through the day night struggles of the national and international institutions and women participation in social, economic and political process is very essential.
This comes at a time that the government of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in the past twelve years utilized all available sources to persuade the government armed insurgents to endorse constitution, denounce violence and attended the peace negotiation table and stop further carnage and bloodsheds.
But the insurgents’ always ignored these calls and continued killing the Afghan security forces and the civilians.
