In the latest IWF policy brief, Anne Trenolone addresses issues related to women and security in Afghanistan. Anne makes the case that:
- Outside nations can debate troop levels and tactics, but the long-term solution is to train a sustainable domestic force among Afghans themselves.
- Women's human rights contribute not only to civil society but to international security as well.
- Afghanistan's security issues must be faced but policies must also be framed that keep long-term institution building in mind if the Afghan state is to be truly strengthened.
- If progress is to be made and stability, security, and development achieved, Afghanistan must not be relegated to the back burner of international and development policy.
Read the whole report here.