This statement was made by Ms. Zarqa Yaftali, experienced women’s rights advocate from Afghanistan and Executive Director of the Women and Children Legal Research Foundation, and on behalf of the NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security at the United Nations Security Council Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security. 

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https://www.womenpeacesecurity.org/resource/statement-unsc-wps-open-debate-october-2020/

Global Fund for Women’s  recent film on Child Marriages in Pakistan focusing on the advocacy work of Rukhshanda Naz, prominent human rights lawyer and President of WRN.

In a northeast of Nankana Sahib, a small town consisting of two boiled rooms and a sloper in the province of Punjab, Pakistan. In this, the 35-year-old widow Laxmi Corps and her family members live for almost a decade. But this is not their home. Their homes and their livelihood salary were in Dera Bugti district of Balochistan province. In 2006, she left behind both of them and ran away and ran away. This is the year when the Pakistani army launched the operation against Bugti tribesmen's leader Nawab Akbar Bugti and his colleagues at the end of which he was killed along with many of his colleagues.

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WRN hosted a round-table discussion on ZAN TV on women's participation in the upcoming elections in Afghanistan. 

Zahra Sepher, Independent Candidate from Kabul pointed out the concerns of and challenges faced by female candidates. Dr Huma Shamim, Independent Candidate from Kapisa province spoke about  people's participation in election and pointed out some of the major challenges like people not even having the Tazkira (national ID card) to be able to vote. Huma Hashmi, Independent Candidate for election 2018 from Logar province stressed on security problems and the role of luck when it comes to women candidates in district level election. Kobra Rezaei, the Deputy spokesman of IEC,gave an analysis of the current situation, and spoke about the different programs of IEC to increase women's  political participation in the 2018 election. Frishta Karimi CSOs and WRN representative shared the concerns and expectations of women activists from the 2018 election. Mariam Marween Barkzai, representative of FEFA,  suggested some approaches to the IEC to better the election process.
#VoicesTogether #AfghanWomenVote

WRN Afghanistan conducted a round table discussion on Women’s Political Participation in Afghanistan on 28th March 2018, which was broadcasted on ZAN TV.

Ms. Masouda Karokhi - Member of Parliament discussed the challenges posed to women’s political participation and parliamentarian support to encourage such participation. Ms. Shakila Nazari - Director of Information and Relation at Ministry of Women Affairs (MoWA), spoke about MoWA’s  role in fostering women’s political participation and their future plans. Ms. Wazhma Frogh - Member of High Peace Council, discussed the role of women in  peace negotiation processes and the consequent achievements, and the different mechanisms that can be in place to support women’s participation in  Peace processes and other important negotiations.

Ms. Humairs Saqib – WRN Core Member spoke about the main concerns of Civil Society (CSO) regarding women’s political participation  and the advocacy activities conducted by civil society to promote such participation in political processes.

Ms. Zarqa Yatali – WRN Board Member discussed WRN’s role  in not only supporting women but also its advocacy for more women at the peace-table, and a gender-just peac. She also shared that WRN through its work envisages to enhance and promote effective women’s participation in peace negotiations.

WILPF encourages everyone to join in the support of women in peace and security in this video. Make sure to check out WRN featured at 4:02! 

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Community Conversations (CCs), or rich and detailed accounts of women displaced by conflict, are a key component of WRN’s research and advocacy work and have been conducted in Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. This is a video of the launch of the CC report conducted in India. This public event served to: demand state accountability for their obligation to those fleeing conflict under International Law and Covenants and the enforcement of existing laws and policies on a State's obligations to the safe passage and humanitarian care for those fleeing conflict.

Catch WRN member Rita Manchanda on CNN being interviewed on WRN's push for a regional South Asian Women's Human Rights Tribunal.

WRN members examine the value of and reasoning for conducting a South Asian Women's Human Rights Tribunal.

WRN Members and supporters explain why they feel the Network brings value to their existing work and is a platform for regional peace and advocacy in South Asia.

Our Member Shad Begum is interviewed by Israr Khan from Khyber News at a women's polling station in Chakdara in the lower Dir District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan where women have been battling for their right to vote in their parliamentary byelection.

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Hossai Wardak, member of Women's Regional Network(WRN) from Afghanistan. She is the Deputy Director, EQUALITY for Peace and Democracy (EPD) speaks to BBC World News America on Women's Security. June 2014

By Search for Common Ground Pakistan (video documentary).Featuring Member Kishwar Sultana and the Insan Foundation Trust (Pakistan)