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A guide to Afghan women employment opportunities
A survey conducted before the Taliban took over Afghanistan on 15 August 2021, and updated a year later.
In the first half of 2021, we researched women-led businesses in ten provinces of Afghanistan. A few months after the regime change, VIDC looked at which of these initiatives were still active.
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Klappe auf!
Animated film evening as part of the 16 Days against Violence against Women* and Girls*.
Monday 28 November 2022, 19:00 - 20:30
ArtSocialSpace Brunnenpassage, Brunnengasse 71 / Yppenplatz, 1160 Vienna
This year with a selection of short films on the theme of flight and war.
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Syrian Women Leading the Change
Public event on 6 October 2022
Syrian activists* from all over Europe met in Vienna to exchange and network about their work, their daily challenges.
“Afghanistan's Strong Women”. One year of resistance against Taliban rule
Event from 3 October 2022
The Second President of the National Council, Doris Bures, hosted an evening of support for the struggle of women for equality and freedom in Afghanistan with VIDC and Women without Borders.
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VIDC: 60 years of dialogue and cooperation
“Nothing happens in the world that does not matter to us!”
On 14 September we celebrated 60 years of dialogue and cooperation with friends and companions! With a speech by former Federal Chancellor Franz Vranitzky, long-time Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the VIDC.
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Crisis region Sahel
Background, analysis and reports
Report from the book presentation and discussion on October 4, 2022 with Günther Lanier, Ishraga Mustafa Hamid and Franz Schmidjell
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Afghanistan’s Blame Game. Why did the Islamic Republic collapse?
By Haroun Rahimi
On 15 August last year, the Taliban conquered Afghanistan virtually without resistance. How did this happen and what lessons should we learn from it?
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#4: Life under the Taliban
The monster is back
In Afghanistan, 15 August marks the anniversary of the Taliban's complete takeover. Anisa tells us how the dreams of women and girls have been shattered every day since then.
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REPowerEU: Towards a just and sustainable energy transformation?
By Manana Kochladze
The initial hope that the war would accelerate the energy transformation in Europe has unfortunately not been realised by the recently published REPowerEU strategy. On the contrary, Manana Kochladze announces an increase in…
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Trapped women – a story of Poland’s war on personal freedom, safety and dignity
By Eliza Rutynowska
Very restrictive abortion laws in Poland leave women in unwanted pregnancies all alone in their struggle for their safety, dignity, health and often their very lives. This is also the case for raped Ukrainian refugee women.
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