The One Billion Rising Two Weeks Course on Gender, Peace, Human Rights and Feminism was launched on 7th November 2020 at Gawharshad University by the Women Empowerment Center (WEC).
This course is a part of the One Billion Rising Campaign that aims to put an end to the culture of discrimination, violence and rape against women by having a million people rise, including women and men, to show global solidarity of men and women for defending women's rights and to pass on the message that today's world does not accept violence against women and violation of human rights.
This two weeks training program focuses on topics such as: Gender and Feminism, Gender and Political Participation, Gender and Human Rights, & Gender and Peace. On 7th November, Dr. Ahmad Fahim “Hakim”, (Advisor on International Relations in the Ministry of State for Human Rights and International Relations), Mrs. Nasima Amini, (Expert in Operational Affairs in International Relations at the Ministry of State for Human Rights and International Relations) and Mr. Ahmad Zia Noori, (Expert in Legal Affairs in International Relations at the Ministry of State for Human Rights and International Relations) opened the two weeks course with conducting an evaluation of the participants and giving them an introduction to human rights and its core concepts.
This course is set to be ongoing till 18th November 2020 with each day featuring a lecture from a different instructor and it is aimed that it can help participants in continuing and sharing the concepts that can eventually benefit more people.