This webinar launches the Feinstein International Center’s new report, a first-of-its-kind analysis measuring Taliban governance against CEDAW’s Articles.

OBJECTIVES

• Present the core findings and analytical framework of the report
• Facilitate expert reflection on implications for international law, policy, and accountability mechanisms
• Situate findings within ongoing international efforts addressing discrimination against women and girls in Afghanistan
• Provide a forum for informed, cross-disciplinary discussion among policymakers, legal experts, women’s rights practitioners, and Afghanistan scholars

PANELISTS

Prof. Dyan Mazurana (report co-author)
Research Professor, Fletcher School of Global Affairs and Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University

Dr. Sima Samar (report co-author)
Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Fletcher School of Global Affairs, Tufts University
Former Chair, Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission
Former UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Sudan

Prof. Rangita de Silva de Alwis
Member, UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

Richard Bennett
UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan

Farid Hamidi
Former Attorney General of Afghanistan