Afghanistan Public Policy Research Organization

Afghanistan: Monitoring Women’s Security in Transition

Baseline Report March 2013

 

Acknowledgements 

This report has been commissioned by the Afghan Women’s Network, funded by Cordaid, to moni-tor and assess the impact of the ongoing security transition on the overall security, access to rights, and welfare of the women of Afghanistan. APPRO expresses its sincere thanks to all who o

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ered their time and knowledge to help enable this study. We owe our special thanks to civil society members, school teachers, principals, doctors, midwives, security o

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cials, elders and all of the women who participated in this study and shared their views and insights about the security transition and women.About the ResearchersThe APPRO research team responsible for this monitoring study consists of (in alphabetical order) Ahmad Shaheer Anil, Sediqa Fahimi, Nafasgul Karimi, Melike Karlidag, Farid Nasery, Saeed Parto, Ehsan Saadat, Mohammad Sabir and Zargona Sai

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. Melike Karlidag, Saeed Parto, Matt Trevithick and Ahmad Shaheer Anil authored this report.About APPROAfghanistan Public Policy Research Organization (APPRO) is an independent social research organi-zation promoting social and policy learning to bene

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t development and reconstruction e

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orts in Afghanistan. APPRO is registered with the Ministry of Economy (Registration Number: 1212) as a not-for-pro

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t, non-government organization, and is headquartered in Kabul, Afghanistan.APPRO’s mission is to measure development progress against strategic reconstruction objectives and provide insights on how to improve performance against the milestones set by the Afghan gov-ernment and international donors. APPRO is sta

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ed by personnel with extensive experience in de-velopment and scienti

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c research.APPRO takes full responsibility for all omissions and errors.Contact: communications@appro.org.af  

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Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations 5Executive Summary 6Introduction 8

Speci

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c Objectives 9

Methodology 10

Geographic Focus and District Selection Criteria 10Data Collection Tools 11Working de

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nitions 12Research Limitations 13

Overview of Recent Research 14

Women’s Rights and Access to Justice 14Developments and Security Challenges in Recent Years 15Studies Related to the Security Transition in Afghanistan 18

Key Findings from Selected Districts 20

Surobi, Kabul 20Paghman, Kabul 23Mehtarlam, Laghman 27 Jalalabad, Nangarhar 30Dawlatabad, Balkh 34Balkh (district), Balkh 38Lashkargah, Helmand 41Herat City, Herat 45Khuram Wa Sarbagh, Samangan 49

Analysis of Women’s Security in Transition 52

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