Afghan Women’s Education Center (AWEC) gives support to women in prison. The doctor checks sick detainees twice a week regularly and sometimes conducts extra visits to the prison when needed. In general women prisoners were not able to access medical assistance, but now an Afghan female doctor is allowed in both the Kabul and Mazaar detention centers to visit regularly providing treatment and medicine for women-prisoners twice a week.
Mission: “To promote human rights and work for gender equality and abolishment of any kind of discrimination and violence against women and children.” It aims towards:
- Awareness raising and advocacy
- Social Service delivery
- Capacity building, self-sufficiency and sustainable development initiatives
Objectives:
- Increase social awareness and support social development by creating support networks and increasing social work
- Work for social economy in rural community through the creation of community centers
- Increase self sufficiency in women and children through income generating projects and skills developing projects
- Improve the living conditions of marginalized groups of women and street working children
- Improve the health and psycho-socio well being of women and children