I'll make two points.
One, Afghanistan is an evolving society, and before, with the Loya Jirgas, you didn't have the participation of women. Eventually, in the seventies and eighties, you ended up having an increased level of involvement at a symbolic level. The 2001-02 process, the emergency Loya Jirga, was one in which a quota was established to ensure that women's participation was included, both in the emergency Loya Jirga and the constitutional Loya Jirga.
I hope with time there is going to be a recognition that women are part of this process, of these traditional mechanisms, and that these traditional mechanisms should continue to evolve and change to include plurality—plurality in terms of ethnic groups, in terms of regional representation, in terms of gender representation.
Practically speaking, if you have a delegation going into a province and they're going to be seeing a group of elders, you can't request that women be a part of that. You should sit and just meet with a group of elders, ask them what can be done with regard to improving the situation of women, but not stop there. In addition to that, you should have women on your delegation, and you should request to meet with a community of women. The women representatives should be those who meet with a group of women and ask them specifically what improvements can be made with regard to their situation.