The Takhar ILC celebrated this day with all its members and community participants drawing excitement and interest from all, particularly the female participants. Some of the ILC female members participated in a drawing competition held especially for Women’s Day in Afghanistan. They drew beautiful and poignant pictures of Afghan women in a variety of situations to show their love, understanding and sometimes sympathy to their mothers and other women.
This is Nipton, one of the ILC participants, drawing a picture based on Women’s Day.
Several female participants drawing pictures for Women’s Day.
Female students concentrating on drawing women-themed pictures in Takhar ILC
Group efforts for the Women’s Day drawing competition
Both males and females of the Takhar ILC participated on the 8th March International Women’s Day celebrations. The Department of Women’s Affairs also organized a big program in collaboration with the ILC to mark the day in Takhar. Participants read important articles about women and their important role in the family and in Afghan society, as well as holding lively roundtable discussions and performing mini-dramas to highlight vital issues faced by women in modern day Afghanistan
Some of the pictures drawn by female participants of Takhar:
Prepared by Frista
This picture shows freedom and peace. Prepared by Sweeta.
This picture shows a woman pursuing education and looking after her child.
This pictures shows a women taking care of her child. Prepared by Marzia Akbari, ILC Participant.
Online Forum on International Women’s Day
ILC male and female members participated in an RI-sponsored online forum with other participants in other provinces about the rights of women in Afghanistan. The comments and discussions were wide-ranging, relevant, sometimes controversial and reflected a broad range of opinions across the spectrum, allowing participants the chance to voice their opinions and to hear all sides of the various issues.
Students Graduation
65 Students graduated this month from the ILC’s ITC training, including 50 male and 15 female participants.
