KABUL, the British ambassador to Afghanistan said on Tuesday.
Sir Richard Stagg hosted a reception at the embassy to launch the UK’s National Action Plan. The event was attended by Afghan women from the worlds of politics, human rights, education and business, a statement from the embassy said.
It said that the event celebrated the work that Afghan women are already doing to promote peace and security in their country, and launched the UK’s Implementation Plan to help support them to take this forward.
Speaking on the occasion Stagg said: “As last night’s reception demonstrated, women and girls already play a huge role in Afghan society field.
“They are playing a key part in creating the more stable, peaceful and prosperous future which Afghanistan both wants and deserves. This is vital: Afghanistan will never succeed if it relies on only half of its population.”
The National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security, released in June 2014, sets out the UK’s priorities around five key pillars such as women’s participation in decision making and the peace process, prevention of violence against women and girls, protecting the human rights of women and girls, addressing women’s and girls’ needs in peace and recovery and building national capacity.
It merits mention that as a follow-up to the National Action Plan, the UK released its Implementation Plan in December 2014, which sets out the activities the UK will undertake for 2014-2017 and details how progress will be measured.
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