Afghanistan committee  This is a very good idea, which we really need to have. In our justice system, there may be a lot of them who don't believe in women's rights, and they don't know the meaning of gender. Sometimes there is also discrimination and violence against women. For example, if a woman goes to a court and says she wants a divorce, they will ask why.

Afghanistan committee  Thank you so much. Also, I am very happy that you gave me this opportunity to talk with you.

Afghanistan committee  But I'm very sorry because my English is very poor. Did you understand me?

Afghanistan committee  I explained about that earlier. In the constitution, women and men have the same rights and there is a special positive discrimination for women for education, but every day they are getting ultimatums and the enemy also burns their schools. As well, without security, they now have to stay at home and not attend school.

Afghanistan committee  Yes.

Afghanistan committee  Yes.

Afghanistan committee  You know, I think every organization needs this, because we have to do a lot. Every day we are getting new responsibilities. For the work, if you're working 24 hours, this is not enough. So we always need resources. Also, we need new experience. We need advisors. They bring knowledge and new experience to us on skill-building and capacity-building.

Afghanistan committee  You know, in Afghanistan, before the 30 years of war, always they lived together without any problems and had very good coordination. They lived together freely. During the war, it was also, I think, a new thing in Afghanistan. The population didn't have any problem. Now also they don't have a problem.

Afghanistan committee  Yes. They need some awareness about that. They need awareness and they need capacity-building. They have to know more about national unity. They need to get some awareness of that. I think women are like a centre. For example, during the war in Afghanistan, they played a very good role to bring peace.

Afghanistan committee  I apologize that we lost this moment and we didn't have any meetings with Canadians, only UNAMA and also the European Union.

Afghanistan committee  This draft was written only by men. Also, this is Ayatollah Mussini, a student in Mashhad in Iran. After that, he brought this to Afghanistan and through the Justice Ministry it went to Parliament. Never was one woman involved in this process. Inside Parliament, the first woman to combat this problem was Shinkai Karokhail.

Afghanistan committee  Yes, this is in our action plan in all our regional offices and also in provincial offices. Every month, maybe two times or one time, they organize workshops and seminars about human rights education. There's very good coordination between the human rights commission, the police, the army, and different positions.

Afghanistan committee  Yes, I think our police as well as our army need capacity-building. If they are working with the Canadians, this is a very good opportunity for them to gain experience and learn how in this situation they can work and bring security. I think this is very important. They can get international experience, because what has happened now in Afghanistan, this is also new.

Afghanistan committee  Thank you. I don't want to talk only about my organization. All civil society and all women's rights activists were in Kandahar, under pressure, and every day they are given ultimatums. They need support. They need help. Our organization is a human rights organization, and we have some opportunity, but if you can help with the women's rights activism in Kandahar and bring some changes to their lives and also, very importantly, to their security, I'd be very happy for that.

Afghanistan committee  But really, we need your support.