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Khushhal Nabizadah Cancer is not the only issue in the field of health, but the broad social, economic, promotional and human rights as well. Cancer causing a huge challenge to development and human progress around the world, especially in poor and developing countries. Cancer is the cause and consequence of poverty. In other words, cancer and poverty interact with each other so that cancer negatively affects the ability of families and society. Because of incapacity, according to the cancer patients who are not able to work efficiently and incomes are low in comparison with healthy people and on the other hand, they consume many possibilities for treatment. Human understanding of cancers and proportional to the level of individuals and society is different. In progressive societies on one hand curious man with modern knowledge and the search of websites and scientific books from the latest scientific advances has awareness and on the other hand, sectors involved-do continuous useful in identifying cancer. The view of the cancer is deep & based on scientific facts. But in poor communities and deprived people have not reached its fullest use of technology and related sectors, there is not enough capacity, people's views are based on anecdotal and unscientific. In short, people in developed countries, cancer is mostly is known as preventable and treatable disease, while people in poor countries including Afghanistan, named cancer as the second death. In this article we have tried to introduce cancer, prevention and treatment and possible ways to detect it .In addition, we will talk about the situation of cancer and its treatment in Afghanistan. Why Cancer / Crab? Cancer is an Arabic word meaning crab. Its English equivalent is’ Cancer’ That the Latin word Crab And the concept leads to name it crab. Because people think that cancerous disease are like crabs that hold the body of a person, therefore,…

Azizullah Ema The native language begins as his first rhythm and vocal sounds that creates some kind of mutual understanding between children and mothers. Mother by the movements of the child in the abdomen and children by mother’s sense of body creates a helpful relationship.  When a baby is born, the eye contact between mother and child is the first expression, child by crying makes her mother feel to breastfeed him. Child's language development process starts even before birth, voices of mother, father, environment is heard. The first sounds of children are in a way that mimics the sounds of long heard ones in abdomen combined with the vocals. Children when hear words from mother and surroundings learn the first one-syllabic words. This short expressive words are the beginning of the game between child and mother. It can be said as some kind of language game between mother and child and is shaped by special rules. Childish words, although briefly, is sound in connection with the dialect mother and child environment, can be its first circle of understanding between mother and child or parent and child. Among the many sounds children hear, the tune and the beginning of a word's spelling, are sometimes interconnected with the intermediate and final syllables: Mother ( mader – Maa ) Father ( padar – Paa) Come (Bya – Baa) Go (boro- Bo) The sounds play a fundamental role in the structure of their native language. Dr. Tevh Tangas, professor and theorist about the native language says: 'Native language is the language by which man thinks and dreams. "And adds that native language is like skin on body that does not change and other languages are not covering more. Native language teacher with experience in Switzerland found that many children who have been away from the first environment, can learn another language quickly…

Tahmina Tomyris Woman the creator of history, isolated in the form of a figure, a color isolated in the light, a figure isolated in space of body. Beyond the naked figure, Woman inciting the people with all its grooves, is standing firm, against the wall of all strict incursions, traditions and symbols. Sometimes like a light, sometimes a material, sometimes like the surface, sometimes the body. Woman is the form of independence within the body, the body that whatever is happening is barred more than before. The organ that passes through skin and flesh, and now like a machine, is turned cold and hard. The woman alive brings the machine into life once more, in the form of a picture hanging on the wall, picture that is spread out on the wall, an image that requires her to fight for the emancipation of the people, sensual powers latent in the head, wants to move up from this state, to be in a position to be variable and different from what is symbolic of modern women.  Symbolic place, an artificial mannequins, disposable, Mannequins with sensual colors, such as those that suit the man, get out of the place where it does not belong. Thus, becomes body that escapes from feminist, gender that is not the first nor the second, which was lost possession and harsh in search of identity, beyond naked or covered body, and is born again to emerge out free from sense of insanity and seduction of body . Is born as a fluid line between the sacred and the evil, in the moment to impact the deterioration of brightness, to escape away from the symbols and tradition and spring out free from any outbreaks and looting of tradition and redeem society. Woman becomes as a shell for herself and her existence…

In 8-April-2012 the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) conducted a conference in Mazar province on evaluation of AIHRC 2011 action plan. The conference began by recitation of some versus of Holly Quran. Consequently Mr. Said Mohammad Samey the director of Mazar regional office of AIHRC welcomed the participants. In this conference Mrs. Sima Samar country director of AIHRC, Mr. Ahmad Fahim Hakim deputy of AIHRC, Musa Mahmudi executive director of AIHRC, Abdulahad Farzam director of Bamyan regional office of AIHRC, Ahmad Seyar Lalee representative of Civil Society and Human Rights Network(CSHRN) and Mrs. Homa Alizoy representative of Afghanistan Women Rights Network (AWN) had their own statements. Please read the statement of Mr. Ahmad Seyar lalee the representative of CSHRN. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By The Name of Powerful and Righteous God Civil Society Role on Strengthening Human Rights Dear all; Availing to the opportunity first at all I would like to thank Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission particularly the organizers of this important event. An especial thanks because of given me this chance to present the viewpoint of Civil Society and Human Rights Network (CSHRN) on the issue of “Civil Society Role in Strengthening Human Rights”. Indispensible role of civil society importantly contributes to perpetuation and promotion of human rights in a society that no one can ignore this important role. Rights of the citizens are one of the most important values of modern civil society, which is weaved to inalienable civil freedoms of citizens. Legal researchers and anthropologists believe that civil society and its significant role builds the legal base of democratic states. Civil society is not only promoting and strengthening human rights values but also strengthening legitimacy of democratic states. These are two main pillars of rule of law and push the states towards transparency and accountability. Another…

Access to information is one of the main needs of the Afghan society. Widespread corruption, lack of attention to the demands of citizens for information during the past elections, lack of useful, strong, relationship of confidence relationships between Afghan citizens and the Afghan state are the main negative results of this lack of information in Afghanistan.During the past six years, the Civil Society and Human Rights Network (CSHRN) organized a number of dialogues related to access to information and its role in the Afghan society. To work on this issue, CSHRN organized an analytical symposium on access to information on 29 May 2009 in Mazar-e-Sharif.The participants of the symposium discussed access to information and proposed ways on how to implement it in Afghanistan. During the symposium, Afghan intellectuals presented analytical articles, illustrating different perspectives on the role of access to information and democratization. During the symposium, the participants suggested CSHRN to work on a draft law on access to information. Consequently, a working group of four persons was elected to work on a such a draft. The members of the working group are: Mr. Sayeed Mohammad Islami, a famous religious scholar, Mr. Rahim Ibrahim, a professor of journalism at Balkh University, Mr. Taqhi Wahedi, an well known Afghan writer and human rights activist, and Mr. Kawa Sahab, a law expert. The working group in Mazar-e-Sharif elaborated a first draft law on access to information during the eight months following the symposium.Having the first draft law on access to information, CSHRN started to discuss this draft with civil society, state institutions and Afghan intellectuals and academics all over the country.CSHRN has defined five steps in its action plan on dialogues for the law on access to information:1- Step: The working group on the law of access to information presented…

In the name of Almighty Allah CSHRN's Press Conference statement Over Violation of National and International Rights of Children and Increasing of street-children Wednesday, Sep 04, 2013 Kabul-Afghanistan More than a decade had passed since the establishment of the new Islamic republic government of Afghanistan. According to the constitution, the government should be committed to its national and international obligations and Universal Declaration of Human Rights and implement them. The state is obliged to avoid any injustice, law-breaking and cruelty acts in the country. Along with all the social problems that had not been resolved yet, increasing of street-children and drug addict is another shocking warning to the government, international community and the civil society institutions, while millions of dollars have spent by the name securing children's rights. Street children refer to children who are under 18 and for their survival obliged to do hard labor or live on the streets. Worker and Street children are the first victims of the injustice of this system. They have not been benefited from their basic rights which have been mentioned in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), Declaration on the Rights of the Child, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Factors as corruption, poverty, violence, illiteracy, cultural poverty, homeless, seasonal unemployment, insufficient income, addiction, irresponsible parents, absence of children guardian, running away from home, parents and teachers poor teaching, the media and misuse of the religious beliefs are the factors of increasing the working and street children and the reason that today we have more than two million working and street children and more than three hundred thousand addicts in the country. Street children are facing disrespect, threat, violence, harassment, encouragement for using drugs, employment in poppy…

The secretariat of the Civil Society & Human Rights Network of Afghanistan (CSHRN) is pleased to announce that the new volume of «Angaara» magazine has been published. Peace and respect to social security constitute one of the important strategic components of CSHRN. According to CSHRN, peace is a proper and fair way for securing, promoting and defending the Human Rights values, democracy and the rule of law. Meanwhile, peace cannot be separated or kept away from the social justice. CSHRN considered the securement of Human Rights as one the most crucial and significant backgrounds for generalizing peace in Afghanistan. Respecting the women's rights constitutes one these values. Hence, Angaara has initiated peace discourses as the most obvious social demands of Afghans in its new version. The new version of «Angaara» has been dedicated to peace and its challenges in Afghanistan as well as its role on the international security. The working group of «Angaara» magazine has tried their best to professionally discuss the factors of the continues wars and conflicts from various angles as political, juridical and sociological point of views. The aim of publishing the dedicated version, is advocating for peace and stability in the country. In this volume, the national and international writers, analysts and researchers have expressed their ideas and topics regarding peace, that have been discussed slightly by other institutions and media in the country. Rahnaward Zaryab, a famous Afghan writer has provided a very precious article about the values of peace in the Persian Literature. In this issue, a commendable interview was done with Mr. Ahmad Rasheed, a well known Pakistani journalist and analyst, regarding the peace situation in the region and the role of its players. Dr. Sima Samar, head of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHC) and one of Human…