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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9889

25 April 2009
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/afghanistan
Parliament pleads for women's rights in Afghanistan to be respected

Strasbourg, 24/04/2009 (Agence Europe) - In its adoption, in Strasbourg on Friday 24 April, of a resolution common to six political groups (EPP-ED, PES, ALDE, UEN, Greens/EFA, GUE/NGL) on women's rights in Afghanistan, the European Parliament is calling for the cancellation of a bill concerning the Shi'ite population in Afghanistan, the content of which is manifestly not in line with the principle of equality between men and women as featured in the constitution and in international...

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