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Afghan Ministry of Women's Affairs (MOWA) (Pashto:د ښځو چارو وزارت) is a new ministry in the Afghan government which was established in late 2001 by Afghan Interim Administration. MOWA is the lead agency for promoting women's rights and advancement in Afghanistan. MOWA had a major shift in its strategy from welfare oriented, direct implementing approach to a policy influencing body by 2002. The current minister of Women's Affairs is Husn Bano Ghazanfar who took the post in July 2006, after replacing Massouda Jalal. ==Functions== Provide direction, build inter-ministerial collaboration and develop the capacity of government agencies to ensure that policy formulation, planning, implementation, reporting and monitoring equitably respond to the differential needs and situations of women and men. This is being done by: #Facilitating the setting up of gender focal points and providing them with gender advocacy skills, gender mainstreaming tools and related trainings; #Establish partnership with training institutions and training units of government ministries to incorporate curricula on gender in their training programs; and, #Facilitate the collection, compilation, analysis and dissemination of data and information that would track changes on the lives of women and men and inform policy planning and programme development. #Pilot and develop focused projects for addressing the needs of target groups of special concern by working in collaborative partnerships with donors, developing government mechanisms for the identification and codification of measures to eliminate discriminatory and abusive practices, and develop its own mechanism for the promotion of media/communication activities and public awareness of all aspects of gender equality and women’s rights. #Foster partnership and collaboration with women NGOs, human rights bodies, and civil society organizations for advocacy and mutual support in making government and donors respond effectively to women’s concerns. #Monitor government’s action and prepare periodic report on the compliance to international treaties and commitments and the implementation of national policies on women 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ministry of Women's Affairs (Afghanistan)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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