Making Amends for Civilian Casualties in Afghanistan Una Moore February 5, 2013Civilians harmed by Afghanistan's security forces rarely receive assistance of any kind. Why that might soon change. A UN Dispatch interview.
How Afghan Amateur Mappers Unintentionally Punked Apple Una Moore January 14, 2013Wall Street Journal Kabul bureau chief Yaroslav Trofimov noticed something strange when he loaded Apple’s map of Afghanistan’s capital city on his new iPad today --the existence of a street named “Bad Monkey.”
The 5 Most Disturbing Findings of the New UN Report on Civilian Casualties in Afghanistan Una Moore August 13, 2012The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan released its mid-year report on civilian protection this week. Although the total number of civilian casualties in the first half of 2012 was lower than the number in the same period of 2011, the rest of the news wasn't good.
U.S. Refugee Assistance Faces Huge Funding Shortfall Una Moore July 26, 2012Proposed drastic cuts to refugee assistance funding, if approved by Congress, will imperil support for tens of thousands refugees due to be resettled in the United States during the coming fiscal year. That's very bad news for people escaping persecution and war in countries such as Afghanistan, Burma, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea and Iraq.
The 800-Page Afghanistan War Report You’ll Probably Never Read, and Why It Should Be Published Una Moore July 23, 2012Afghanistan's human rights commission spent 6 years collecting evidence for a massive report on wartime atrocities. Now, the Afghan Government is blocking the release of that report.
Video of Woman’s Execution Prompts Afghan Demonstration Against Gender-Based Violence Una Moore July 11, 2012For the second time this year, Afghan women took to Kabul’s streets to demonstrate their outrage at a gruesome act of gender-based violence. This time, the demonstration was prompted by the videotaped execution of a young woman in a village less than two hours from the capital.
Three Misconceptions About Violence against Women in Afghanistan Una Moore June 11, 2012Ending violence against Afghan women will take a lot more than a peace agreement. Three of the most common misconceptions about violence against Afghan women.
On Al Jazeera, UN Dispatch Blogger Ahmad Shuja Discusses Persecution of Hazaras in Pakistan Una Moore May 2, 2012Our own Ahmad Shuja was a guest on Al Jazeera's The Stream, where he discussed the violent persecution of the Hazaras, an ethnic and religious minority group in Pakistan.
A Day Without Dignity: Positive Advocacy Examples from Afghanistan Una Moore April 16, 2012Today is A Day Without Dignity, the aid blogosphere's answer to TOMS A Day Without Shoes. With so many discussions devoted to bad advocacy or "badvocacy" in aid and human rights activism recently, it's important to highlight examples of what good advocacy and NGO PR looks like. Three videos that hit the right notes.
