GENDER EQUALITY PROJECT - UNDP Afghanistan

for a first-hand experience of the contribution of women in national development within an
overarching Islamic framework, and a more intensive campaign to reach out to the communities
with advocacy materials through different media channels.
In the Ministry of Education (MoE), GEP prepared for the workshop to roll out the gender-sensitive
Curriculum Framework which was developed in Q1.
In the Ministry of Economy, an effort to mainstream gender in the preparation of the macro level
economic development strategy was stalled due to internal issues within the Ministry.
was completed in the three
provinces (Bamyan, Balkh and
Nangarhar) and the research report is
being drafted. The quarterly
newsletter could not be completed due
to a large-scale change of senior
management in Kabul University but it
planned for Q4 once meetings with the
new management have been
organized. However, a pilot training
programme on mainstreaming gender
was launched in the Faculty of
Languages and Literature which was
enthusiastically received by the
students. The evaluation forms
contained their remarks on the
importance of this programme in their
not know the real definition of gender
and that it can contribute to
Figure 2: Participants of the Gender Mainstreaming Programme
in the Faculty of Languages and Literature, Kabul University
Photo Credit: Syed Haroon Ahmadi
must be held more often to sensitize all students about
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