Afghanistan

Educational & Training Centre for Poor Women and Girls in Afghanistan
$50,900
To foster civic engagement amongst youth and to raise public awareness about good governance, rule of law, and human rights. ECW will train 150 Youth Associations for Democracy (YAD) members in principles of good governance, transparency, and human rights; conduct a series of advocacy forums for 120 religious leaders and schol­ars; and organize a regional conference on women’s empowerment in Kunduz with follow-up community-level workshops.

Hasht-e Subh Daily
$99,600
To strengthen independent journalism and the role of media in government ac­countability and oversight in Afghanistan. Hasht-e Subh will continue to expand its media coverage in Herat province, produce, print and distribute 1,500 copies of a local edition of its daily newspa­per, and enhance the coverage of timely political, social, human rights and legal issues that other papers do not cover.

Health and Development Center for Afghan Women
$53,800
To raise awareness of the fundamentals of democratic governance, human rights, and rule of law. HDCAW will produce and distribute 10 issues of a magazine and produce 12 street dramas in Dari and Pashto on democratic processes, good governance, civic participation, and other culturally relevant issues in eight Afghan provinces, including Ka­bul, Parwan, Ghazni, Wardak, Kunduz, Mazar-e Sharif, Herat and Nangrahar.

Khorasan Legal Services Organization
$69,200
To raise citizen awareness of their rights and access to Afghanistan’s judicial system and to support the judicial sys­tem and its emerging legal profession. KLSO will hold courses for women to provide them with an understanding of their fundamental rights; publish its bul­letin on challenges facing citizens seek­ing recourse to the legal system; and provide legal aid for vulnerable individu­als involved in criminal and civil cases.

Legal and Cultural Services for Afghan Women and Children
$54,300
To raise awareness of democratic values and women’s rights to engender greater respect for rule of law. LCSAWC will expand its project into five new districts of Balkh province, provide free legal counsel to victims of domestic violence, and conduct a training for teachers on democratic values and women’s rights. Graduates will then lead rights awareness workshops for people in their districts.

Modern Organization for Development of Education
$52,400
To strengthen the ability of women in lead­ership positions to present and advocate effectively; and build the institutional capac­ity of MODE. MODE will conduct six train­ings in effective communication for 100 women leaders selected from ministries, civil society organizations, and political par­ties from six provinces, who will then train others and build a platform for women who want to further enhance their capacity.

Oruj Learning Center
$82,400
To promote Afghan women’s participa­tion in the workforce and decision-making bodies by building leadership, manage­ment, communication and advocacy skills; and to build capacity of the Afghan Women’s Leadership Institute. Oruj will administer courses in management, communications and advocacy for 100 female second-year students, provide internships for students to apply their knowledge to issues relevant to women, and facilitate students’ entry into the job market and graduate study programs.

Social Services for Afghan Women Organization
$51,900
To raise awareness about women rights’ compatibility with Islam and to help establish networks to effectively advo­cate for those rights. SSAWO will reach out to teachers, university students and NGO leaders; hold awareness-raising sessions, roundtables, and discus­sion groups; encourage participants to build advocacy networks; and cre­ate media productions and a booklet.

Training Human Rights Association for Afghan Women
$39,500
To raise awareness of democratic values and good governance and to encourage community leaders, public servants and civil society in Jalalabad to advocate. THRA will organize a symposium in Jalalabad on women’s political rights and Islam, and conduct workshops for 100 men and women, who will in turn organize additional workshops for 400 fellow colleagues.

Wakht News Agency
$55,000
To improve the quality of reporting on women’s issues, to promote citizen journalism in Afghanistan, and to enhance young journalists’ investigative report­ing skills. WNA will hold a training for young female journalists on gender-issue reporting, conduct regional workshops on citizen journalism, and offer internship opportunities to journalism students to build their investigative reporting skills.

Welfare Association for Development of Afghanistan
$250,000
To raise awareness of democratic values and practices among rural and urban community leaders, facilitate dialogue and advo­cacy between community leaders and the state, and develop the institutional capacity of the National Maliks Association (NMA). WADAN will hold workshops nationwide, transferring knowledge and means of realizing democratic values; facilitate regional advocacy assemblies, whereby NMA mem­bers will interact with government officials; and assist NMA’s development towards institutionalization and sustainability.

Western Afghan Women’s Network
$33,100
To develop a culture of recognition and condemnation of gender-based violence and to promote women’s rights and gender equality under Afghan law. WAWN will conduct awareness raising sessions and campaigns, community gatherings, public forums and a press conference; establish legal aid clinics in three districts of Herat province; and offer counsel to victims of gender-based violence.

Women Activities and Social Services Association
$67,000
To promote dialogue and coordination between civil society and government in Herat; and to enhance leadership and advocacy skills of women. WASSA will conduct ten civil society dialogue meet­ings and an advocacy campaign on a local issue that civil society organizations will identify and implement, organize ten advanced leadership and advocacy workshops for 150 women, and promote awareness of women’s rights through broadcasting and its publication, Mehr.

Women and Youths for Peace and Development Organization
$50,700
To build the capacity of religious lead­ers on leadership and the rule of law and to improve dialogue among them in four provinces. WAYPADO will conduct a train­ing for students of theology on leader­ship and the rule of law, who will then train religious leaders in their districts on these topics. Finally, a conference will be held to establish a dialogue platform between ulema and government officials.

Youth Educational Services
$37,900
To raise young people’s awareness of democratic values and inspire them to be civically engaged in sustainable student associations. YES will conduct a training-of-trainers, followed by 18 civic education courses in five high schools in the Shirzad District of Nangarhar province, and offer supplementary language and computer courses to the most qualified youth so as to enhance their professional skills.

The grant listings posted here are from the 2010 Annual Report, published in August 2011.