HEAD OF UN WOMEN CONDEMNS INTIMIDATION, TARGETED KILLINGS OF FEMALE AFGHAN OFFICIALS

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Date: 16 Sep 2013 19:00:01 -0400
Subject: HEAD OF UN WOMEN CONDEMNS INTIMIDATION, TARGETED KILLINGS OF
FEMALE AFGHAN OFFICIALS
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HEAD OF UN WOMEN CONDEMNS INTIMIDATION, TARGETED KILLINGS OF FEMALE
AFGHAN OFFICIALSNew York, Sep 16 2013 7:00PMThe head of the United
Nations body tasked with promoting women's rights today condemned the
intimidation and targeted killings of female Afghan officials and
called for bringing the perpetrators to justice.

The latest victim is the top woman police officer in the southern
province of Helmand, 38-year-old Sub-Inspector Negar, who died today
of bullet wounds from an insurgent attack that occurred on Sunday. She
took up her post in July when her predecessor, Islam Bibi, was shot by
unknown gunmen.

"Violence against women in Afghanistan is pervasive and increasing,"
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, the Executive Director of the UN Entity for
Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women (UN Women), said in a
<"http://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2013/9/statement-on-afghanistan">statement.

"Recent cases of targeted killings point to the urgent need to
guarantee women's and girls' rights as the Government of Afghanistan
prepares for a full takeover from international forces and moves
towards provincial and parliamentary elections," she stated.

"The empowerment of women and realization of their rights," she added,
"are fundamental to the reconstruction of Afghanistan so that women
and men can take responsibility for the future development of their
country."

UN Women noted that Afghanistan has witnessed several cases of
intimidation, abduction and targeted killings of women government
officials and public figures in recent weeks and months.

Earlier this month, Sushmita Banerjee, a writer and activist from
India married to an Afghan businessman, was killed outside her home in
Paktika province. In August, Friba Kakar, a woman parliamentarian was
kidnapped and freed several weeks later in exchange for detained
militants, according to the media.

In addition, two consecutive heads of the Department of Women's
Affairs in Laghman province were killed last year. In 2008, gunmen
killed Lieutenant-Colonel Malalai Kakar, the country's most prominent
policewoman and head of Kandahar's department of crimes against women.

"Afghan women's rights to safety and security have to be ensured, and
the survivors of violence supported and perpetrators brought to
justice," stressed Ms. Mlambo-Ngcuka, who called on the Afghan
Government to fast-track the investigation and prosecution of
perpetrators in targeted killing cases.Sep 16 2013 7:00PM
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