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(c) Repeal all legislative and other measures that discriminate against
women and girls, as well as those that impede the realization of their human rights
and fundamental freedoms;
(d) Enable the full, equal, and effective participation of women and girls in
civil, cultural, economic, political and social life throughout the country at all levels;
(e) Ensure the equal right of women and girls to education without
discrimination, the reopening of schools and the admission of women and girls to all
levels of education;
(f) Respect the equal right of women to work and promote their reintegration
in employment in all sectors and at all levels of the Afghan society;
(g) Protect the right of women and girls to security of person, and bring to
justice those responsible for violence against women and girls;
(h)
Protect the right to freedom of movement for women and girls;
(i) Respect the effective and equal access of women and girls to the facilities
necessary to protect their right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of
physical and mental health in accordance with Afghanistan’s obligations under the
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights;10
(j) Reaffirm full support for the participation of women in the Special
Independent Commission for the Convening of the Emergency Loya Jirga and in the
Loya Jirga itself;
(k) Reaffirm the equal rights of women to own land and other property, inter
alia, through the right to inheritance, and undertake administrative reforms and other
necessary measures to give women the same right as men to credit, capital,
appropriate technologies and access to markets and information;
(l) Provide women with an equal opportunity for employment in all
ministries and commissions, including the Judicial Commission, the Civil Service
Commission and the Human Rights Commission, and take steps so that the work of
the Afghanistan Human Rights Commission is underpinned by international human
rights standards and integrates women’s rights in its mandate;
(m) Provide a safe environment free from violence to facilitate the voluntary
return of refugees and displaced persons;
(n) Conduct a review of the impact on women and girls of the existing legal
system in order to facilitate appropriate remedial measures with regard to family
law, property and inheritance rights;
5.
Encourages the continuing efforts of the United Nations and its agencies,
guided by Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) on women, peace and security, to:
(a) Fully support the Afghan Interim Authority and the future Afghan
Transitional Authority regarding the participation of women;
(b) Provide support to ministries to help develop their capacity to
mainstream a gender perspective into their programmes;
(c) Support capacity-building for Afghan women to enable them to
participate fully in all sectors;
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